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REGIONAL ECONOMICS: The economic study of regions based on the consideration of space, transportation cost, and location in production and consumption decisions. Regional economics studies a wide variety of topics, including the migration of labor, the macroeconomic activity in cities and states, and the location choices of firms. A closely related area of study that focuses on economic activity within and between cities is termed urban economics.
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SOCIALISM In theory, an economy, or economic system, that is a transition between capitalism and communism and is based on: (1) government, rather than individual, ownership of resources, (2) worker control of the government, such that workers, rather than capitalist, control capital and other productive resources, (3) income allocated on need rather than on resource ownership or contribution to production. In practice, socialism is a type of economy based on--(1) government ownership and control of the most crucial resources, like those for energy production, communication, transportation, and health care and (2) a heavy dose of central planning by government.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex hoping to buy either throw pillows for your bed or a package of blank rewritable CDs. Be on the lookout for vindictive digital clocks with revenge on their minds.
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A half gallon milk jug holds about $50 in pennies.
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"Confidence . . . thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live." -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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JGB
Japanese Government Bond
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