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Chapter 9-10 vocab

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show all nonmilitary PEOPLE who are EMPLOYED or UNEMPLOYED  
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Outsourcing   show
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show the movement of some of a company's OPERATIONS TO ANOTHER COUNTRY  
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show the theory that EDUCATION INCREASES efficiency of production and thus results in HIGHER WAGES  
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Screening effect   show
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Contingent employment   show
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Guest workers   show
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Devived demand   show
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show the QUALITY OF OUTPUT produced by a unit of labor  
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Equilibrium wage   show
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show work that REQUIRES NO SPECIALIZED SKILLS, education, or training (JANITORS)  
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Semi-skilled labor   show
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show work that REQUIRES SPECIALIZED skills and TRAINING (CARPENTERS)  
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show work that REQUIRES ADVANCED SKILLS and education (TEACHERS)  
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show an unoffical BARRIER THAT sometimes PREVENTS WOMAN and minorities FROM ADVANCING TO THE TOP RANKS of organization dominated BY WHITE MEN (SEXIST !!!!)  
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Labor union   show
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show the practice of negotiating labor contracts that keep UNNECESSARY WORKERS on the COMPANY'S PAYROLL  
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show an organized work stoppage intended to force an employer TO ADDRESS UNION DEMANDS  
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show a measure that BANS mandatory UNION MEMBERSHIP  
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Blue-collar worker   show
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White-collar worker   show
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Collective bargaining   show
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show a SETTLEMENT TECHNIQUE in which a NEUTRAL PERSON meets with each side to try to find a SOLUTION THAT BOTH SIDES WILL ACCEPT  
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Arbitration   show
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Money   show
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Medium of exchange   show
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show the direct EXCHANGE OF ONE SET of goods or services FOR ANOTHER (TRADING)  
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Unit of account   show
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Store of value   show
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Currency   show
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Commodity money   show
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show OBJECTS that have value because the holder CAN EXCHANGE THEM FOR SOMETHING ELSE PF VALUE (TOKENS)  
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Specie   show
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show OBJECTS that have value because a GOVERNMENT has decreed that they are an ACCEPTABLE means to PAY DEBTS (U.S. DOLLAR)  
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show an INSTITUTION for RECEIVING, KEEPING, AND LENDING MONEY  
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show a BANK chartered by the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  
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Bank run   show
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Greenback   show
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Gold standard   show
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Central bank   show
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show a bank that belongs to the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM  
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show the seizure of PROPERTY from borrowers who are UNABLE TO REPAY THEIR LOANS  
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show ALL THE MONEY available in the UNITED STATES ECONOMY  
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show the ability to be used as, or directly CONVERTED TO, CASH (HOUSE)  
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show money in a CHECKING ACCOUNT that can be paid out "ON DEMAND" or at any time  
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Money market mutual fund   show
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show a BANKING SYSTEM that keeps only a FRACTION OF ITS FUNDS on hand and lends out of REMAINDER  
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Default   show
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Mortgage   show
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Credit card   show
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show the PRICE PAID for the use of BORROWED MONEY  
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show the AMOUNT OF MONEY BORROWED  
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Debit card   show
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show a PERSON or institution TO WHOM MONEY IS OWED  
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