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GLOBALIZATION: The generalized expansion of international economic activity which includes increased international trade, growth of international investment (foreign investment) and international migration, and increased proliferation of technology among countries. Globalization is the increasing world-wide integration of markets for goods, services, labor, and capital. It is an ongoing process that started several centuries ago. However, most people would agree that today we are in a period of rapid globalization as international economic activity has accelerated in the last 200 years or so.
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CAPTURE THEORY OF REGULATION The notion that a government agency established to regulate an industry for the benefit of society acts instead for the benefit of the industry. In effect, the government agency is "captured" by the industry it is regulating. The capture theory of regulation indicates that government regulator acts as the decision-making "head" of a now monopolized industry. This is achieved by a "rotating door" between the government agency and the industry, with members of the regulating agency being former and future employees of the industry. Rather than promoting efficiency, the regulating agency creates an inefficient allocation of resources.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers trying to buy either a solid oak entertainment center or a remote controlled ceiling fan. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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The 1909 Lincoln penny was the first U.S. coin with the likeness of a U.S. President.
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"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. " -- Albert Einstein
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AIBD
Association of International Bond Dealers (now called International Securities Market Association)
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