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RELATIVE POVERTY LEVEL: The amount of income a person or family needs to purchase a relative amount of basic necessities of life. These basic necessities are identified relative to the current structure of society and the economy. For example, while a refrigerator would be a basic necessity for someone living in the our modern U.S. economy, it probably would not be consider a necessity for nomads of sub-Saharan Africa or aborigines of Australia.
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LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY A principle stating that as the quantity of a good consumed increases, eventually each additional unit of the good provides less additional utility--that is, marginal utility decreases. Each subsequent unit of a good is valued less than the previous one. The law of diminishing marginal utility helps to explain the negative slope of the demand curve and the law of demand.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time visiting every yard sale in a 30-mile radius seeking to buy either a wall poster commemorating last Friday (you know why) or a country wreathe. Be on the lookout for small children selling products door-to-door.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
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"Recipe for success. Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing." -- William A. Ward
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