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DEMAND DECREASE: A decrease in the willingness and ability of buyers to buy a good at the existing price, illustrated by a leftward shift of the demand curve. A decrease in demand results in a decrease in equilibrium quantity and a decrease in equilibrium price.
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GOVERNMENT FAILURES Inefficiencies in the allocation of resources attributable to imperfections in the operation of governments. Government failures are based on the utility-maximizing behavior of politicians, voters, nonvoters, special interest groups, and government employees. The identification and analysis of government failures is central to the study of public choice and offers something of a counterbalance to government actions designed to address the inefficiencies of market failures.
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BLUE PLACIDOLA
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages looking to buy either a genuine down-filled comforter or a 200-foot blue garden hose. Be on the lookout for fairy dust that tastes like salt.
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The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
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"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average." -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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WPO
Weakly Pareto Optimal
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