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  2. Seigniorage - Wikipedia

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    Seigniorage is the positive return, or carry, on issued notes and coins (money in circulation). Demurrage, the opposite, is the cost of holding currency.. An example of an exchange of gold for "paper" where no seigniorage occurs is when a person has one ounce of gold, trades it for a government-issued gold certificate (providing for redemption in one ounce of gold), keeps that certificate for ...

  3. Melusine - Wikipedia

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    The playable character Sigewinne is a member of this race with a unique human-like appearance. In Ravenswatch, Melusine is a playable character. In Fate/Grand Order, Mélusine is a playable character who also goes by the name of Tam Lin Lancelot. Her true identity is revealed to be the remains of the dragon Albion in the story.

  4. History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The intellectual leader of this movement was Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1789–1795). [12] The United States rejected David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and protected its industry. The country pursued a protectionist policy from the beginning of the 19th century until the middle of ...

  5. Health care prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. government intervenes less actively to force down prices in the United States than in other countries. Stanford economist Victor Fuchs wrote in 2014: "If we turn the question around and ask why healthcare costs so much less in other high-income countries, the answer nearly always points to a larger, stronger role for government.

  6. Economic history of the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Economic historians attribute the remainder of the cost of the war to inflation. According to Matthew Gallman, In terms of total war spending, the federal government of the United States spent $1.8 billion and the U.S. states spent $0.5 billion. This does not count long-term costs after the war ended, such as veterans' benefits. The Confederate ...

  7. Medication costs - Wikipedia

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    Medication costs can be the selling price from the manufacturer, that price together with shipping, the wholesale price, the retail price, and the dispensed price. [3]The dispensed price or prescription cost is defined as a cost which the patient has to pay to get medicines or treatments which are written as directions on prescription by a prescribers. [4]

  8. McKinley Tariff - Wikipedia

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    After 450 amendments, the Tariff Act of 1890 was passed and increased average duties across all imports from 38% to 49.5%. [4] McKinley was known as the "Napoleon of Protection", [5] and rates were raised on some goods and lowered on others, always in an attempt to protect American manufacturing interests.

  9. Prescription drug prices in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Prescription drug list prices in the United States continually are among the highest in the world. [1] [2] The high cost of prescription drugs became a major topic of discussion in the 21st century, leading up to the American health care reform debate of 2009, and received renewed attention in 2015.