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RATIONAL BEHAVIOR: The notion that people make decisions based on the desire to obtain the greatest amount of satisfaction. Rational behavior essential means that people prefer more to less. The presumption of rational behavior underlies most economic analyses, especially those applied to consumer demand theory.
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INDUSTRY A group of firms producing goods or services that are close substitutes-in-consumption. The similarity of the products makes it possible to analyze the production in a market framework. An industry can be broadly defined, such as the manufacturing industry, or narrowly specified, such as the root beer industry. For most economic analysis the term industry is used interchangeably with the term market.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time watching the shopping channel seeking to buy either a birthday gift for your grandmother or a T-shirt commemorating yesterday. Be on the lookout for vindictive digital clocks with revenge on their minds.
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General Electric is the only stock from the original 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining in the current index.
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"Recipe for success. Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing." -- William A. Ward
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BLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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