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  2. Street performance - Wikipedia

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    Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries, the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity.

  3. Street performing (U.S. case law) - Wikipedia

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    The country was in the midst of a horrible economic depression and many people had turned to street performing as a source of income. Street performers were everywhere and fights over pitches were alarmingly common between the street performers themselves and the street performers, merchants, and vendors.

  4. Street theatre - Wikipedia

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    Street theatre outside the Centre Pompidou in Paris A troupe of street theatre performers by the beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Acrobatics over Salvador: La Marioneta Gigante by Spanish company Carros de foc. Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without

  5. Bucket shop (stock market) - Wikipedia

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    A scene from a bucket shop in 1892. A bucket shop is a business that allows gambling based on the prices of stocks or commodities.A 1906 U.S. Supreme Court ruling defined a bucket shop as "an establishment, nominally for the transaction of a stock exchange business, or business of similar character, but really for the registration of bets, or wagers, usually for small amounts, on the rise or ...

  6. Law and economics - Wikipedia

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    Law and economics, or economic analysis of law, is the application of microeconomic theory to the analysis of law. The field emerged in the United States during the early 1960s, primarily from the work of scholars from the Chicago school of economics such as Aaron Director , George Stigler , and Ronald Coase .

  7. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  8. Economic law - Wikipedia

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    Economic law is a set of legal rules for regulating economic activity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Economics can be defined as "a social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services."

  9. Street performance in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places. Busking is legal in Hong Kong and all street performers are protected under Hong Kong Basic Law Article 34. [ 1 ] Hong Kong government does not apply licensing system for street performers and there is no official data about the number of street performers in Hong Kong.