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SEVERANCE TAX: A tax on the value of raw materials, such as minerals and fossil fuels, when they are extracted from the environment. This is one of those hidden, unpublicized taxes on producers that is ultimately passed along consumers.
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                           PURE MARKET ECONOMY: An economy, or economic system, that relies exclusively on markets to allocate resources and to answer all three questions of allocation. This theoretical ideal has no governments, markets are used to make all allocation decisions. Then contrasting theoretical ideal is a pure command economy in which governments make all allocation decisions. | Economic Systems |  |
A pure market economy is a theoretical extreme on the spectrum of economic systems that does not actually exist in the real world. It does, however, provide a benchmark that can be used for comparison with real world economic systems. In pure market economies, markets are used by buyers and sellers to voluntarily exchange goods, services, and resources. Buyers seek to pay the lowest prices. Sellers seek to receive the highest prices. Resources are allocated to the production of the goods with the highest prices and greatest satisfaction of wants and needs. The real world embodiment of a pure market economy is termed a market-oriented economy or capitalism. The market-oriented economy of the United States is the primary example. While, in theory, resource allocation could be undertaken exclusively through markets or governments, in the real world, all economies rely on a mix of both markets and governments for allocation decisions, what is termed a mixed economy.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction trying to buy either a replacement nozzle for your shower or a decorative windchime with plastic . Be on the lookout for broken fingernail clippers.
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The 1909 Lincoln penny was the first U.S. coin with the likeness of a U.S. President.
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"We succeed in enterprises (that) demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those (that) can also make use of our defects. " -- Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman, author
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AFBD
Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers (UK)
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