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SOCIAL SCIENCE: The scientific study of society--of human behavior and of social interactions. Several social sciences are economics, sociology, political science, and anthropology. Economics is considered a social science because it seeks to explain how society deals with the scarcity problem.
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ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION The study of the role that information plays in the economy and in the allocation of resources, with special attention paid to efficient information search. Key topics in this area of study and analysis are asymmetric information, moral hazard, adverse selection, signalling, and screening. This study of the economics of information also provides insight into the analysis of risk and uncertainty, which are important to insurance and financial markets.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex seeking to buy either any book written by Stephan King or a T-shirt commemorating next Thursday. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties. Your Complete Scope
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Only 1% of the U.S. population paid income taxes when the income tax was established in 1914.
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"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer
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AEA American Economic Association
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