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REGULATION, CAPTURE THEORY: Control of a regulatory agency by those entities, usually the businesses of a particular industry, that the agency is designed to regulate. Those industries subject to economic regulation that is intended to protect the public interest (consumers) invariably find it beneficial to exert influence over the regulatory agency. One common way of doing this is to have former or future employees in the industry "temporarily" work for the regulatory agency.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE A scientific society whose main mission is to advance science and innovation throughout the world. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS for short) publishes one of the most respected scientific magazines called Science. The association and magazine have nearly 140,000 individual and institutional subscribers, plus 272 affiliated organizations in more than 130 countries, serving a total of 10 million individuals. The American Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1848 to represent all disciplines of science and to support scientific exchange and discussion of science and society issues.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time flipping through the yellow pages hoping to buy either several magazines on computer software or a T-shirt commemorating the second moon landing. Be on the lookout for telephone calls from long-lost relatives.
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
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"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." -- Oprah Winfrey
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