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  2. Safety valve theory - Wikipedia

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    The safety valve theory was an American theory of economic development that held the availability of free land and continued expansion westwards into the American frontier contributed to American development, explained the lack of labor movements in the United States, and promoted democracy, economic equality and individualism. [1]

  3. Price floor - Wikipedia

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    The stability provisions referred to are typically floor and ceiling prices [20] (a ceiling price is also known as a safety valve), which are implemented as follows. When permits are auctioned, there is a floor (reserve) price below which permits are not sold, and permits for immediate use are always made available at the ceiling price, even if ...

  4. Safety valve (law) - Wikipedia

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    The safety valve is a provision in the Sentencing Reform Act and the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines that authorizes a sentence below the statutory minimum for certain nonviolent, non-managerial drug offenders with little or no criminal history.

  5. The Coal Mine Disaster Shows Economics Still Trumps Safety - AOL

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    This week's coal mine disaster in West Virginia brings with it grim but familiar images and headlines, a new chapter in American coal mining's sometimes tragic legacy. The accident also reminds us ...

  6. Safety valve (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A safety valve is a mechanism for the release of a substance from a pressurized vessel when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits. Safety valve may also refer to: Safety valve (law), a provision in the United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines; Safety valve theory, relating unemployment and the Homestead Act of 1862

  7. Emissions trading - Wikipedia

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    A third option, known as a safety valve, is a hybrid of the price and quantity instruments. The system is essentially an emission cap and permit trading system but the maximum (or minimum) permit price is capped.

  8. Safety-valve institution - Wikipedia

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    Safety-valve organization or safety-valve institution is a term used in sociology to describe social organizations which serve to allow discontented individuals to act out their opposition to elements of society without coming into direct contact with the elements, analogically "letting off steam". [1]

  9. Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz on the mend following ‘surreal ...

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    Collage of political strategist, Alex Bruesewitz, and other men in suits including Donald Trump, at the moment Bruesewitz collapsed during a speech.Alex Bruesewitz, a top adviser for President ...