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CAPTURE THEORY OF REGULATION: Control of a regulatory agency by those entities, usually the businesses of a particular industry, that the agency is designed to regulate. Those industries subject to economic regulation that is intended to protect the public interest (consumers) invariably find it beneficial to exert influence over the regulatory agency. One common way of doing this is to have former or future employees in the industry "temporarily" work for the regulatory agency.
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SPECIALIZATION The condition in which resources are primarily devoted to specific production tasks. This is one of THE most important and most fundamental notions in the study of economics. Civilized human beings have long recognized that limited resources can be more effectively used in the production of the goods and services that satisfy unlimited wants and needs if those resources specialize.
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BROWN PRAGMATOX [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through mail order catalogs looking to buy either a rechargeable battery for your camera or a coffee cup commemorating the first day of spring. Be on the lookout for rusty deck screws. Your Complete Scope
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The average length of a "business lunch" is about 36 minutes.
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"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." -- John F. Kennedy, 35th U. S. president
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