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TARIFF: A tax that's usually on imports, but occasionally (very rarely) on exports. This is one form of trade barrier that's intended to restrict imports into a country. Unlike nontariff barriers and quotas which increase prices and thus revenue received by domestic producers, a tariff generates revenue for the government. Most pointy-headed economists who spend their waking hours pondering the plight of foreign trade contend that the best way to restrict trade, if that's what you want to do, is through a tariff.
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FEDERAL DEFICIT, AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES DETERMINANT One of several specific aggregate expenditures determinants assumed constant when the aggregate expenditures line is constructed, and that shifts the aggregate expenditures line when it changes. An increase in the federal deficit causes an increase (upward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. A decrease in the federal deficit causes a decrease (downward shift) of the aggregate expenditures line. Other notable aggregate expenditures determinants include consumer confidence, financial wealth, inflationary expectations, and exchange rates.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at an auction trying to buy either a green and yellow striped sweater vest or a Boston Red Sox baseball cap. Be on the lookout for attractive cable television service repair people.
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In his older years, Andrew Carnegie seldom carried money because he was offended by its sight and touch.
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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. " -- Annie Dillard, essayist
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CRRA
Constant Relative Risk Aversion
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