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ALLOCATION: The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services, and of distributing goods and services for consumption by households. This process of allocation is essential to an economy's effort to address the problem of scarcity. An allocation is efficient if the resources, goods, and services are distributed according to the economy's highest valued uses.
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INNOVATION The initial application of new products, technologies, and ideas that usually generate a beneficial improvement in society and the economy. In contrast to an invention, which is the act of creation, an innovation is the implementation of a product, technology, or idea. Innovations are changes in existing institutions and the status quo, prompted by risk-taking entrepreneurs, that promote prosperity and improved living standards.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale wanting to buy either an extra large beach blanket or a large flower pot shaped like a Greek urn. Be on the lookout for letters from the Internal Revenue Service. Your Complete Scope
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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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"Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -- William Faulkner, writer
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