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A PRIORI: A presumption made before an analysis is undertaken, often based on experiences, beliefs, or deductions from seemingly self-evident propositions about how the world works. This is a Latin for assumption or axiom. A similar sounding, but opposite term is a posteriori, which is derived from observation or facts. For example, in the study of economics of crime you might assume, a priori, that people are basically "good", because that just seems to be part of human nature, and conclude, a posteriori, that people are more likely to commit crimes when the threat of capture and conviction is lower.
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MARGINAL REVENUE PRODUCT CURVE A curve that graphically illustrates the relation between marginal revenue product and the quantity of the variable input, holding all other inputs fixed. This curve indicates the incremental change in total revenue for incremental changes in the variable input. The marginal revenue product curve plays a key role in marginal productivity theory and the economic analysis of factor markets.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction hoping to buy either income tax software or a how-to book on the art of negotiation. Be on the lookout for slow moving vehicles with darkened windows.
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
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"Do something wonderful; people may imitate it. " -- Albert Schweitzer, theologian, physician
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HDI
Human Development Index
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