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LOCKOUT: A plant or factory that is closed temporarily, because it's owners are trying to gain a negotiating advantage over the employees' union. A lockout is commonly used by a company's management if they suspect the union is planning to strike. A lockout by management before the union strikes is much like a pre-emptive military attach that tries to hit the enemy hard, fast, and first.
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MEDIAN VOTER PRINCIPLE A public choice principle stating that the median voter, the voter with an equal number of votes on either side, determines the outcome of an election by determining which side receives the majority. The preferences of this median vote, thus become the most important preferences addressed by candidates running for election. However, the median voter's preferences might not generate was is best, that is, efficient, for society. Other related voting problems identified by the study of public choice includes the voting paradox, logrolling, and voter apathy (due to rational ignorance and rational abstention).
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time waiting for visits from door-to-door solicitors wanting to buy either a genuine down-filled snow parka or throw pillows for your living room sofa. Be on the lookout for slightly overweight pizza delivery guys.
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A communal society, a prime component of Karl Marx's communist philosophy, was advocated by the Greek philosophy Plato.
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"There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white. " -- John F. Dodge, automaker
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AEA
American Economic Association
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