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ZERO SLOPE: A horizontal line in which the numerical value of the slope, calculated as the change in the variable on the vertical axis divided by a change in the variable on the horizontal axis, is zero. In other words, the Y-axis variable is fixed, or constant, for any and all values of the X-axis variable.
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ECONOMICS A social science that studies the allocation of limited resources used to produce the goods and services that satisfy unlimited consumer wants and needs. Economics is one of several social sciences (others are sociology, political science, and anthropology) which applies the scientific method to human behavior. The distinguishing feature of economics is a concern with the fundamental problem of scarcity--unlimited wants and needs and limited resources. Economics is commonly divided into two branches--macroeconomics and microeconomics.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for the new strip mall out on the highway trying to buy either a coffee cup commemorating the moon landing or a how-to book on surfing the Internet. Be on the lookout for the last item on a shelf.
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Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was the pseudonym of Charles Dodgson, an accomplished mathematician and economist.
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"My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life. " -- Miles Davis, musician
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ILO
International Labor Office
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