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S CORPORATION: A legal firm type that is officially structure as a corporation, especially with limited liability of the owners, but is able to avoid the double taxation of profits through the use of a special section of the Internal Revenue Service tax code (Chapter S). The profit of an S corporation is considered the income of its owners and is thus taxable only as individual income. There are, however, limits on who can be an owner of an S corporation.
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Lesson 2: Economic Science | Unit 5: Cause and Effect
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The purpose of science is to identify the fundamental, basic laws of nature that guide our every moves.- The purpose of the scientific method is to explain the world by identifying cause and effect.
- For every action there is a consequence. And for every consequence there is a cause.
The first step is to identify cause and effect links is correlation:- Correlation. If event A causes event B, then event A is correlated with event B. But, correlation does not mean causation. Two events can be correlated, without one causing the other. Note the fallacy of false cause.
- Time Proximity. Event A and event B must happen at about the same time.
- Time Sequence. Event A must precede event B. If event B occurs first, then it can't be caused by event A.
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GOVERNMENT SECTOR The aggregate macroeconomic sector that includes all levels of government, including federal, state, and local. The primary function of the government sector, also termed the public sector, is to impose resource allocation decisions on the rest of the economy that might not be made otherwise. This is one of the four macroeconomic sectors. The other three are household sector, business sector, and foreign sector.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time lost in your local discount super center trying to buy either a handcrafted bird feeder or a New York Yankees baseball cap. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys.
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A half gallon milk jug holds about $50 in pennies.
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"It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. " -- Jacques Yves Cousteau, marine explorer
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