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PLANNING CURVE: Another term for the long-run average cost curve (LRAC). Using the name planning curve indicates that the long-run average cost curve is used to "making plans" especially concerning the desired scale of operations of a firm. That is, in the long run a firm will seek the plant size that maximizes long-run profit by equating long-run marginal cost and marginal revenue. It will then pick out the appropriate plant size off the long-run average cost with the minimum short-run average total cost.
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FIRST RULE OF SCARCITY The first of seven basic rules of the economy, stating that the world is faced with limited resources but unlimited wants and needs satisfied from these resources. Scarcity is THE economy problem upon which the entire study of economics is built. A primary implication of scarcity is that the pursuit of an activity results in an opportunity cost.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the shopping mall trying to buy either a pair of gray heavy duty boot socks or a 50-foot blue garden hose. Be on the lookout for malfunctioning pocket calculators.
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Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
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"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them." -- Ann Landers, columnist
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