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HIERARCHY OF NEEDS: Developed by Abraham Maslow, the notion that people are motivated to satisfy basic physiological needs (food, shelter, etc.) before moving on to satisfying higher psychological needs (security, companionship, etc.). These alternative needs are layered in a hierarchial pattern with physiological needs on the bottom, safety needs on the second layer, belonging needs on the third layer, esteem needs on the fourth layer, and self-actualization needs at the top. This hierarchy of needs has been used to help explain the progress of human societies from agrarian to manufacturing to service to information.
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INFORMATION The transfer of knowledge from one person to another. Information is a flow concept. It requires someone (or something) to do the sending and someone to do the receiving. Information is a valuable commodity that provides benefits, but also incurs an opportunity cost to produce, meaning information is never perfect or complete. The existence of asymmetric information (some have more information than others) gives rise to the problems of adverse selection, moral hazard, and the principal-agent problem.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex trying to buy either a flower arrangement for that special day for your mother or a New York Yankees baseball cap. Be on the lookout for infected paper cuts.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
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"Life is a promise; fulfill it. " -- Mother Teresa, humanitarian
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JEP
Journal of Economic Perspectives
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