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A POSTERIORI: A conclusion reached through logical reasoning based on facts and observations about the real world. This notion is closely related to the scientific verification of hypotheses and the identification of principles. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a prior, which is a unverified presumption made before an analysis is undertaken. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", and conclude, a posteriori, that people are more likely to commit crimes when the threat of capture and conviction is lower.
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SEVENTH RULE OF COMPLEXITY The seventh of seven basic rules of the economy, stating that every action in the complex world has direct and often intended consequences combined with indirect and probably unintended effects.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store seeking to buy either handcrafted decorations to hang on your walls or throw pillows for your bed. Be on the lookout for slow moving vehicles with darkened windows.
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The first paper currency used in North America was pasteboard playing cards "temporarily" authorized as money by the colonial governor of French Canada, awaiting "real money" from France.
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"Managing intellectual assets has become the single most important task of business. " -- Thomas Stewart, author
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NASD
National Association of Securities Dealers
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