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GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS: Activities that are more efficiently performed by government than by private sector households and business. In fact, historical evidence (that is, 10,000 years of civilization--more or less) strongly indicates that we, regularly human-being-type people, are willing to put of with the coercive shenanigans of government (taxes, laws, regulations, abuse of power, oppression of the masses, meaningless wars) only because government does perform useful functions. Fire is the best analogy for government. When raging out of control both fire and government can cause horrific devastation. But when controlled, both can provide unparalleled good.
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COMPANY An organization, usually consisting of more than one person, that combines resources for the production and supply of goods and services. The term company is generally used synonymously with other terms such as business, firm, and enterprise. If a distinction exists, company is used in reference to a group of people engaged in production (as opposed to a single person).
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at the confiscated property police auction seeking to buy either a birthday gift for your grandmother or a T-shirt commemorating yesterday. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." -- Thomas Edison
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LME
London Metal Exchange
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