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FALLACY OF FALSE CAUSE: The logical fallacy of arguing that two events that are correlated (that is, happen at about the same time), are assumed to have a causal connection. In other words, one event causes the other. This was one of the more common fallacies committed by ancient ancestors. During the last full moon, your dog died. Obviously the full moon killed your dog. While this might seem reasonable to anyone spending their lives eating mastodon meat and sleeping in caves, it's actually the fallacy of false cause.
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CONSUMER ADVISORY COUNCIL A support committee of the Federal Reserve System that provides advice and input to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on matters dealing with consumer credit. The Federal Advisory Council (FAC) is comprised of 30 members, representing a broad spectrum of consumer related interests. The CAC is one of three Federal Reserve Board advisory committees. The other two are Federal Advisory Council and Thrift Institutions Advisory Council.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time visiting every yard sale in a 30-mile radius trying to buy either decorative celebrity figurines or a flower arrangement with anything but tulips for your grandfather. Be on the lookout for slow moving vehicles with darkened windows.
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The Dow Jones family of stock market price indexes began with a simple average of 11 stock prices in 1884.
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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. " -- Vince Lombardi
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PBOT
Phildelphia Board of Trade
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