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CENTRAL PLANNING: A system of extensive central government control of an economy, including organizing production and making allocation decisions. This was the popular method of allocating resources and answering the three basic questions of allocation under the communism/socialism economic systems of the Soviet Union, China, and others during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Applying the communist/socialist philosophy that private property and market allocation were "bad," central planning relied on extremely detailed plans made by government. These plans would set specific production quotas for individual products, parts, components, and inputs fabricated by all of the factories and farms across the economy. This was a daunting, complex task that required detailed production information for hundreds of thousands of different commodities.
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Lesson 11: Elasticity Basics | Unit 2: A Little More
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- Demand responsiveness can be classified into one of two broad categories:
- Elastic:
- A good is said to be elastic if quantity is very responsive to the price. To be more specific:
- Elastic means the percentage change in quantity is greater than the percentage change in price.
- Inelastic:
- A good is said to be inelastic if quantity is NOT very responsive to the price. To be more specific:
- Inelastic means the percentage change in quantity is less than the percentage change in price.
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FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL A support committee of the Federal Reserve System that provides advice and input the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The Federal Advisory Council (FAC) is comprised of 12 members, one from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. The council members, typically commercial bank presidents from the 12 districts, are appointed by their Federal Reserve District Banks. The FAC is one of three Federal Reserve Board advisory committees. The other two Consumer Advisory Council and Thrift Institutions Advisory Council.
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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"Life is not a 'brief candle.' It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. " -- Bernard Shaw, journalist
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EJ Economic Journal
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