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INHERITANCE TAX: A tax on that portion of the Assets of a deceased person that's received by another. This should be compare with an estate tax, which is a tax is paid on the value of all assets before they are distributed to heirs.

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Macroeconomics is the study of the entire economy, the aggregate economy. Microeconomics is the study of parts of the economy.
  • Economists first studied parts of the economy (markets, demand, supply, and prices), what we now call microeconomics.
  • The Great Depression of 1930's, motivated economists led by John Maynard Keynes, to study macroeconomics.
Microeconomics and macroeconomics have their own principles, theories, and phenomena. Both are part of economics and each is intertwined with the other.
  • The macroeconomy affects microeconomic decisions.
  • Microeconomic decisions affect the macroeconomy.

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AVERAGE REVENUE, PERFECT COMPETITION

The revenue received for selling a good per unit of output sold, found by dividing total revenue by the quantity of output. Average revenue often goes by a simpler and more widely used term... price. For a perfectly competitive firm average revenue is also equal to marginal revenue. Average revenue for a perfectly competitive firm is often depicted by a horizontal average revenue curve.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at the confiscated property police auction looking to buy either a large, stuffed kitty cat or a cross-cut paper shredder. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626), a champion of the scientific method, died when he caught a severe cold while attempting to preserve a chicken by filling it with snow.
"We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion."

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