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A POSTERIORI: A conclusion reached through logical reasoning based on facts and observations about the real world. This notion is closely related to the scientific verification of hypotheses and the identification of principles. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a prior, which is a unverified presumption made before an analysis is undertaken. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", and conclude, a posteriori, that people are more likely to commit crimes when the threat of capture and conviction is lower.
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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 2: Resources
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Capital: Financial And Physical
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- Most of the productive capital used in the economy involves ownership and control by the same entity.
- Let's examine this further.
- Ownership: First, capital goods, like all property, wealth, and resources are ultimately owned by people.
- Control: Second, control over the use of capital goods is often by someone other than the owners.
- While the market for capital services might be somewhat exclusive, two related markets are not.
- Physical Capital: At times, the term factor market is erroneously used when referring to a capital goods market.
- Financial Capital: The markets for financial capital are significantly more competitive that the markets for specific capital goods.
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RENTAL INCOME OF PERSONS The official item in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economics Analysis measuring rent earned by the household sector for supplying land and related factor services. This is one of five official factor payments making up national income. The other four are compensation of employees, net interest, corporate profits, and proprietors' income. Rental income of persons is typically the smallest of the five factor payment categories, usually less than 5 percent of national income.
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Junk bonds are so called because they have a better than 50% chance of default, carrying a Standard & Poor's rating of CC or lower.
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"Inside the ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. " -- Muhammad Ali
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FED Federal Reserve
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