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NORMATIVE ECONOMICS: The branch of economics that states the way the economy should operate. A normative statement is based on values and can be proved neither right or wrong. While positive economics seeks to explain the way it is, normative economics, the policy side of economics, seeks to prescribe the way it should be. Normative economics is used to recommend ways to change the world, to improve it, and to make it a better place for both man and beast.
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TIGHT MONEY A general condition of the economy in which money is not relatively abundant nor plentiful. In modern times, this condition arises when the monetary authority (Federal Reserve System) undertakes contractionary monetary policy. With tight money, interest rates are generally higher and inflation tends to remain low. The alternative to tight money is easy money.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through mail order catalogs seeking to buy either a half-dozen helium filled balloons or a packet of address labels large enough for addresses of both the sender and the recipient. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from long-lost relatives. Your Complete Scope
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, almost 2 million children were employed as factory workers.
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"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." -- Rene Descartes
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CUUS Comsumer Union of the United States
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