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PATERNALISM: A fundamental philosophical viewpoint that the private sector (households and businesses) needs to be watched over--like a parent--by the public sector (government). In other words, members of society need to be watched over, cared for, and kept out of trouble, like parents watch over, care for, and keep their children out of trouble. This philosophy of paternalism should be contrasted directly with the philosophy of laissez faire, which essentially says "Hey, we're all grown ups here, we can make our own decisions."
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PRICE DISCRIMINATION The act of selling the same good to different buyers for different prices that are not justified by different production costs. This is practiced by suppliers who have achieved some degree of market control, especially monopoly. Common examples of price discrimination are electricity rates, long-distance telephone charges, movie ticket prices, airplane ticket prices, and assorted child or senior citizen discounts. Price discrimination takes the form of one of three degrees: (1) first degree, in which each price is the maximum price that buyers are willing and able to pay, (2) second degree, in which price is based on the quantity sold, and (3) third degree, in which prices are based on an easily identifiable characteristic of the buyer.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall seeking to buy either a pair of handcrafted oven mitts or a coffee table shaped like the state of Florida. Be on the lookout for gnomes hiding in cypress trees.
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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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"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." -- Dwight Eisenhower, 34th US president
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ITO
International Trade Organization
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