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TRANS-SHIPMENT POINT: A location that serves as a change from one transportation mode to another, such as from boat to train or truck to plane. Location theory indicates that trans-shipment points serve as a point of attraction for economic activity by virtue of saving terminal (load and unloading) cost. This indicates why harbors, interstate highway exits, railroad depots, and similar off-one-mode-onto-another-mode have historical emerged as economic centers.
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POLITICAL VIEWS Alternative perspectives of the proper role that government should play in the economy, with conservatives on the right, liberals on the left, and moderates in the middle. Libertarians show up to the right of conservatives and socialists (including Marxists and communists) are to the left of liberals.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale seeking to buy either storage boxes for your family photos or a large, stuffed giraffe. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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The earliest known use of paper currency was about 1270 in China during the rule of Kubla Khan.
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"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out." -- President Ronald Reagan
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MCA
Monetary Control Act of 1980
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