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CLOSED ECONOMY: An economy with little or no foreign trade. A country with a closed economy can usually tend to it's problems without worrying about other countries. During the 1950s and 1960s, the good old U. S. of A. had relatively little foreign trade, and was very nearly a closed economy. But that was a unique period in the United States unmatched before or since. In fact, it's very difficult to find a real-life closed economy anywhere in the world today. Because of this, you should take a close look at the entry open economy.
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TAX EQUITY The notion that taxes are imposed on society in a fair and equitable way. The two standards of fairness and equity used to evaluate taxes are the benefit principle -- those who benefit from government pay the taxes, and the ability-to-pay principle -- those with the most income pay the taxes. The ability-to-pay principle gives rise to two additional notions of fairness -- horizontal equity (those with equal incomes pay equal taxes) and vertical equity (those with different incomes pay different taxes).
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex trying to buy either storage boxes for your summer clothes or 500 feet of coaxial cable. Be on the lookout for spoiled cheese hiding under your bed hatching conspiracies against humanity.
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
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"As is our confidence, so is our capacity. " -- William Hazlitt, essayist
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