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DOUBLE COINCIDENCE OF WANTS: The requirements of a barter exchange that each trader has want the other wants and wants what the other has. Because everyone doesn't necessarily want everything, the lack of double coincidence of wants is a major obstacle in barter exchanges, especially for complex, modern economies. While double coincidence of wants is also essential for exchanges involving money, it's such an inherent trait of money we don't think twice about it. By its very nature as a generally accepted medium of exchange, everyone WANTS money.
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FOREIGN SECTOR The aggregate macroeconomic sector that contains everyone and everything beyond the political boundaries of the domestic economy--including households, businesses, and governments in other countries. The primary function of the foreign sector is to undertake external activity that is outside the control of the domestic economy. This is one of the four macroeconomic sectors. The other three are household sector, business sector, and government sector.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers seeking to buy either a genuine down-filled snow parka or throw pillows for your living room sofa. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen.
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North Carolina supplied all the domestic gold coined for currency by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia until 1828.
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"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. " -- Aldous Huxley, writer
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WFTU
World Federation of Trade Unions
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