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POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE: The notion that a business cycle is caused by elected government leaders who manipulate the economy to achieve personal political goals -- that is, to remain in office. The leaders stimulate the economy leading up to an election, creating a business-cycle expansion that ensures (they hope) their re-election, then induce a business-cycle contraction after the election to correct problems created by pre-election stimulation.
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UNEMPLOYED PERSONS People who are NOT actively engaged in the production of goods and services, but ARE actively seeking employment in the production of goods and services. This is one of three official categories used to classify individuals by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) based on information obtained from the Current Population Survey. The other two categories are employed persons and not in the labor force. The sum of employed persons and unemployed persons constitute the civilian labor force.
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BLACK DISMALAPOD
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching the newspaper want ads seeking to buy either yellow cotton balls or a set of steel-belted radial snow tires. Be on the lookout for pencil sharpeners with an attitude.
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Approximately three-fourths of the U.S. paper currency in circular contains traces of cocaine.
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"All things are difficult before they are easy." -- Thomas Fuller, Physician
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SPSS
Statistical Product and Service Solutions, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (software)
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