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BLACK MARKET: An illegal market in which the price of the goods sold is above a legally set maximum price. A black market invariable results whenever the government imposes a price ceiling on a good. A common example of a price ceiling is rent controls on apartments in many large cities. Although landlords cannot "legally" rent apartments for more than the specified maximum, they often do so "illegally" by charging "finders fees" and "tenant association dues." In so doing, they have entered into the realm of black markets.
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MARGINAL FACTOR COST, PERFECT COMPETITION The change in total factor cost resulting from a change in the quantity of factor input employed by a perfectly competitive firm. Marginal factor cost, abbreviated MFC, indicates how total factor cost changes with the employment of one more input. It is found by dividing the change in total factor cost by the change in the quantity of input used. Marginal factor cost is compared with marginal revenue product to identify the profit-maximizing quantity of input to hire.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers seeking to buy either a birthday greeting card for your father or a T-shirt commemorating the first day of spring. Be on the lookout for mail order catalogs with hidden messages.
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The first paper currency used in North America was pasteboard playing cards "temporarily" authorized as money by the colonial governor of French Canada, awaiting "real money" from France.
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"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. " -- Seneca, Roman philosopher
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Securities Exchange of Thailand
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