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ADVERSE SELECTION: When a negotiation between two people with different amounts of information, that is, asymmetric information, restricts the quality of the good traded. This typically happens because the person with more information is able to negotiate a favorable exchange. This is frequently referred to as the "market for lemons."
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Lesson 2: Economic Science | Unit 1: The Method
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The scientific method follows a process to systematically examine and explain our world. The process: - First, generally accepted principles form a theory.
- Second, the theory inspires hypotheses.
- Third, hypotheses are tested with real world data.
- Fourth, if supported, the hypotheses become principles.
- Fifth, new principles are added to the theory.
- Last, new, the improved theory inspires more hypotheses.
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THREE QUESTIONS OF ALLOCATION The three basic questions that an economy must answer because of limited resources and unlimited wants and needs are: What? How? and For Whom? The basic problem of scarcity requires every society to determine: What goods to produce? How to produce the goods? And who receives the goods that are produced?
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The penny is the only coin minted by the U.S. government in which the "face" on the head looks to the right. All others face left.
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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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