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SECOND ESTATE: In past centuries, this included kings, queens, dukes and others of the ruling elite. In modern times, this includes business leaders who have extensive ownership of and control over resources, especially capital, entrepreneurship, and land.

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  • Price controls take one of two forms -- price ceiling and price floor:

  • A price ceiling is a legally mandated maximum price imposed on a market. Buyers and sellers are prevented from exchanging the good at any price above the legal maximum.
  • A price floor is a legally mandated minimum price imposed on a market. Buyers and sellers are prevented from exchanging the good at any price below the legal minimum.
  • Both types of price controls tend to be more effective for inelastic demand and supply

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LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE

The proportion of the total noninstitutionalized civilian population 16 years of age and over that is in the civilian labor force. The labor force participation rate is essentially the ratio of the civilian labor force to the total noninstitutionalized civilian population 16 years of age and over. The data used to estimated the labor force participation rate is obtained along with other labor force data from the monthly Current Population Survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force participation rates are also commonly calculated using data derived from the Census of the Population.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for a specialty store seeking to buy either a pair of red and purple designer socks or a T-shirt commemorating Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific crossing aboard the Kon-Tiki. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen.
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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."

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