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MEDIATION: Intervention by an impartial third party to settle disputes between two others. The actions of this third party--the mediator--are not legally binding. Mediators are frequently used in collective bargaining negotiations when unions and their employers have reached an impasse. Mediators help both sides work out a satisfactory agreement. But neither side is legally compelled to follow the mediator's advice.
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SLOPE, CONSUMPTION LINE The positive slope of the consumption line is also termed the marginal propensity to consume (MPC). This slope is greater than zero but less than one, reflecting induced consumption and the Keynesian psychological law of consumer behavior that consumption increases by less than the increase in income. The slope of the consumption line provides the foundation for the slope of the aggregate expenditures line and thus also affects the magnitude of the multiplier process.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a garage sale wanting to buy either a hepa filter for your furnace or a wall poster commemorating next Thursday. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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In his older years, Andrew Carnegie seldom carried money because he was offended by its sight and touch.
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"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. " -- Sir Edmund Hillary, Explorer
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PTA
Preferential Trade Agreement
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