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DIAMOND-WATER PARADOX: The perplexing observation that water, which is more useful than diamonds, has a lower price. If price is related to utility, how can this occur? This paradox was first proposed by classical economists in the 19th century and was subsequently used as a stepping stone for developing the notion of marginal utility and the role it plays in the demand price of a good. The paradox is magically cleared up with an understanding of marginal utility and total utility. People are willing to pay a higher price for goods with greater marginal utility. As such, water which is plentiful has enormous total utility, but a low price because of a low marginal utility. Diamonds, however, have less total utility because they are less plentiful, but a high price because of a high marginal utility.
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SURVEY WEEK, CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY The calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) containing the 19th day of the month that is used to conduct the Current Population Survey (CPS). This is the time period in which CPS interviews contact occupants of 60,000 households included in the survey. The survey questions posed by the interviewers then refer to the employment activities of the respondents during the previous calendar week, which is the termed the reference week. The activities of survey respondents during the reference week are the source of information used to estimate the unemployment rate and other employment information generated by the CPS.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store hoping to buy either a pair of leather sandals that won't cause blisters or clothing for your kitty cats. Be on the lookout for high interest rates.
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"Success is the child of audacity. " -- Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman
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VIR
Variable Interest Rate
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