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  2. Law of supply - Wikipedia

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    Definition. A supply is a good or service that producers are willing to provide. The law of supply determines the quantity of supply at a given price. [ 5] The law of supply and demand states that, for a given product, if the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied, then the price increases, which decreases the demand ( law of demand ...

  3. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...

  4. Supply and demand - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Supply and demand curves with economic equilibrium of price and quantity sold. Supply chain as connected supply and demand curves. In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It postulates that, holding all else equal, the unit price for a particular good or other traded item in a ...

  5. Law of demand - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the intersection of the demand and supply curves provide us with the efficient allocation of goods in an economy. In microeconomics, the law of demand is a fundamental principle which states that there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. In other words, "conditional on all else being equal, as the price of ...

  6. Keynes's theory of wages and prices - Wikipedia

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    Keynes does not accept the quantity theory. He writes effective demand [meaning money income] will not change in exact proportion to the quantity of money. The correction is based on the mechanism we have already described under Keynesian economic intervention. Money supply influences the economy through liquidity preference, whose dependence ...

  7. Ceteris paribus - Wikipedia

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    Through keeping interest rates as the independent variable, as interest rates rise, thus borrowing costs rise forcing a reduction in the demand for debt, that being the dependent variable. [9] Minimum wage. To define the possible effects of a rise in the minimum wage economists will use ceteris paribus.

  8. The Wealth of Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Wealth of Nations was published in two volumes on 9 March 1776 (with books I–III included in the first volume and books IV and V included in the second), [ 2] during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution. [ 3] It influenced several authors and economists, such as Karl Marx, as well as governments and ...

  9. Price controls - Wikipedia

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    The National Board for Prices and Incomes was created by the government of Harold Wilson in 1965 in an attempt to solve the problem of inflation in the British economy by managing wages and prices. The Prices and Incomes Act 1966 c. 33 affected UK labour law, regarding wage levels and price policies. It allowed the government to begin a process ...