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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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LONG-RUN AVERAGE COST The per unit cost of producing a good or service in the long run when all inputs under the control of the firm are variable. In other words, long-run total cost divided by the quantity of output produced. Long-run average cost is guided by returns to scale.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store wanting to buy either a T-shirt commemorating the 2000 Olympics or a genuine fake plastic Tiffany lamp. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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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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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." -- Thomas Edison
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Financial Accounting Standards Board
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