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EXCESS DEMAND: A disequilibrium condition in a competitive market in which the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied, hence there's "extra" demand. Pointy-headed economists generally use the more technical term shortage rather than excess demand. The reason, of course, is that shortage has two syllables and excess demand has four. The time saved in pronouncing two syllables rather than four is a definite efficiency plus for the entire economy.
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BEHAVIORAL ALTERNATIVES Two different inclinations toward institution changing innovations and maintenance of the status quo. One alternative is entrepreneurial behavior, which is the willingness to develop or adopt innovations that change existing institutions and the status quo. The other alternative is managerial behavior, which is the desire to maintain and promote existing institutions and the status quo. These alternatives can be traced to different preferences for novel and redundant information, which result from the physiological reaction to a potential threat.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store looking to buy either a battery-powered, rechargeable vacuum cleaner or a remote controlled World War I bi-plane. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys. Your Complete Scope
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything. " -- Vince Lombardi
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CACM Central American Common Market
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