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A PRIORI: A presumption made before an analysis is undertaken, often based on experiences, beliefs, or deductions from seemingly self-evident propositions about how the world works. This is a Latin for assumption or axiom. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a posteriori, which is derived from observation or facts. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", because that just seems to be part of human nature, 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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QUANTITY SUPPLIED The specific quantity of a good that sellers are willing and able to sell at a specific supply price. The key word is "specific." Quantity supplied and supply price form matched pairs--one quantity, one price. The combination of all price-quantity pairs is then what constitutes supply. The supply curve is a plot of the quantity supplied at each supply price.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time searching for a specialty store looking to buy either shoe laces for your snow boots or a rim for your spare tire. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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Much of the $15 million used by the United States to finance the Louisiana Purchase from France was borrowed from European banks.
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"We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion." -- Hegel
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Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations
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