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BLACK MARKET: An illegal market in which the price of the goods sold is above a legally set maximum price. A black market invariable results whenever the government imposes a price ceiling on a good. A common example of a price ceiling is rent controls on apartments in many large cities. Although landlords cannot "legally" rent apartments for more than the specified maximum, they often do so "illegally" by charging "finders fees" and "tenant association dues." In so doing, they have entered into the realm of black markets.
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ALLOCATION The process of distributing resources for the production of goods and services, and of distributing goods and services for the satisfaction of wants and needs and human consumption. This allocation process is an essential part of an economy's effort to address the problem of scarcity.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time surfing the Internet trying to buy either a pair of handcrafted oven mitts or a coffee table shaped like the state of Florida. Be on the lookout for deranged pelicans.
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A scripophilist is one who collects rare stock and bond certificates, usually from extinct companies.
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"Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. " -- Winston Churchill, British statesman
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