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AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION: An organization of over 25,000 professional economists. Founded in 1885, this premier top-of-the-economic-association-list publishes the prestigious American Economic Review, arguably THE number one scholarly U.S. economic journal and the Journal of Economic Literature, arguably THE number one index of economic journal publications. The AEA, as acronymically inclined economists call it, also sponsors an annual conference where professional economists present scholarly papers on their latest scholarly research.
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TECHNOLOGY The sum of the knowledge and information that society has acquired concerning the use of resources in the production of goods and services. Technology often takes the form of scientific knowledge (the best combination of chemicals to make a long-lasting floor wax), but can also be plain old common sense (irrigate during a drought, not during a flood). Whether scientific or common sense, technology affects the technical efficiency with which resources are combined in production.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching the newspaper want ads hoping to buy either storage boxes for your computer software CDs or a set of tires. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt.
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The first U.S. fire insurance company was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1752 in Philadelphia.
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"Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. " -- Phaedrus, Philosopher
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Heavy Fuel Oil
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