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SEVEN RULES: Seven key economic principles underlying the study of economics and the operation of the economy. These seven rules are: first -- scarcity, second -- subjectivity, third -- inequality, fourth -- competition, fifth -- imperfection, sixth -- ignorance, and seventh -- complexity.
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FIXED EXCHANGE RATE An exchange rate that is established at a specific level and maintained through government actions (usually through monetary policy actions of a central bank). To fix an exchange rate, a government must be willing to buy and sell currency in the foreign exchange market in whatever amounts are necessary to keep the exchange rate fixed. A fixed exchange rate typically disrupts the balance of trade and balance of payments for a country. But in many cases, this is exactly what a country is seeking to do. This is one of three basic exchange rate policies used by domestic governments. The other two policies are flexible exchange rate and managed flexible exchange rate.
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BROWN PRAGMATOX [What's This?]
Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers seeking to buy either one of those "hang in there" kitty cat posters or a velvet painting of Elvis Presley. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt. 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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"Inside the ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong. " -- Muhammad Ali
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CHIPS Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System
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