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HISTORICAL COST: An accounting principle stating that expenses are recorded in terms of original or acquisition cost. Such a practice does not necessarily indicate the opportunity cost or current market value.

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NORMATIVE ECONOMICS

The branch of economics that seeks to recommend the way the economy should operate. It is the policy side of economics that is based on individual preferences and cannot be proven either right or wrong. A normative economic statement cannot be refuted by looking at the real world--that is, by testing hypotheses.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time surfing the Internet looking to buy either a wall poster commemorating Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific crossing aboard the Kon-Tiki or decorative garden figurines. Be on the lookout for crowded shopping malls.
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On a typical day, the United States Mint produces over $1 million worth of dimes.
"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. "

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman

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