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RISK: The possibility of gain or loss. Risk the calculated probability of different events happening, is usually contrasted with uncertainty the possibility that any number of things could happen. For example, uncertainty is the possibility that you could win or lose $100 on the flip of a coin. You don't know which will happen, it could go either way. Risk, in contrast, is the 50 percent chance of winning $100 and the 50 percent chance of losing $100 on the flip of the coin. You know (or think you know) that your probability of winning or losing is 50 percent because the coin has a 50 percent chance of coming up either heads or tails.
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VERY LONG RUN, MICROECONOMICS A production time period in which all inputs are variable, including those under control of the firm and those beyond the control of the firm. During the very long run, not only are the labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurship inputs variable, but so too are key production inputs such as government rules, technology, and social customs. This is one of four production time periods used in the study of microeconomics. The other three are short run, long run, and very short run.
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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 flower arrangement in a coffee cup for your father or a how-to book on meeting people. Be on the lookout for the last item on a shelf. Your Complete Scope
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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"The secret of getting things done is to act! " -- Dante Alighieri, poet
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