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Backfire

Description: "This story is based upon the actual classroom experiences of Thomas J. Shelly, teacher of Economics and History in the Yonkers High School, Yonkers, New York. The American Economic Foundation is happy to present this example of how common sense combats economic fallacies" - from film.
Date: unknown
Duration: 15 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Elwyn, Robert & Lyon, Sumner
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The History and Development of Consumer's Surplus and Its Relevance as a Measure of Welfare Change

Description: The thesis analyzes the validity of consumer's surplus as a measure of welfare change. The analysis begins by examining the chronological development of the concept. Once an understanding of consumer's surplus is formulated, an evaluation of its use in modern ad hoc problems can be undertaken. Chapter II and III discuss the development of consumer's surplus from Classical economics to its modern reformulations, The concept's application to different problems is discussed in Chapter IV. Chapter … more
Date: August 1975
Creator: Anderson, Richard Murray
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Elasticity of Money as a Reinforcer: Assessing Multiple Compositions of Unit Price

Description: Behavioral economics is the integration of concepts from micro-economics into behavior analysis. Most of the research in behavioral economics has been done with non-human subjects and with drugs as reinforcers. This study represents an extension of previous research to assess money as a reinforcer with humans as subjects. The participants in this study solved math problems to earn money at various unit prices. Results indicate that demand of money adhered to the law of demand in that consumptio… more
Date: December 1999
Creator: Viken, Kjetil
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The Theory of Capitalistic Stagnation

Description: The problem to be dealt with in this paper is the theory of capitalistic stagnation. Why is it important to examine the theory of capitalistic stagnation? The continuity of the theory of stagnation is the only portion of economic doctrine that is held in common by the Classical, Marxian, Keynesian, and Institutional economists.
Date: 1950
Creator: George, John E.
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The development of a charge protocol to take advantage of off- and on-peak demand economics at facilities

Description: This document reports the work performed under Task 1.2.1.1: 'The development of a charge protocol to take advantage of off- and on-peak demand economics at facilities'. The work involved in this task included understanding the experimental results of the other tasks of SOW-5799 in order to take advantage of the economics of electricity pricing differences between on- and off-peak hours and the demonstrated charging and facility energy demand profiles. To undertake this task and to demonstrate … more
Date: February 1, 2012
Creator: Wishart, Jeffrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Energy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about negative effects of the fuel shortage, such as a recession and layoffs.
Date: November 29, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Power system simulation and optimization models for planning nuclear refueling cycles

Description: From Operation Research Society of America; San Diego, California, USA (12 Nov 1973). The mid-range system being modeled may include a mix of fossil, nuclear, hydro, pumped-storage, and peaking units. For any predetermined nuclear refueling schedule, the program (ORSIM) determines an approximately optical plan of operation for the system. This includes the determination of a maintenance schedule for the non-nuclear units and a schedule of energy delivery for each plant in the system. The criter… more
Date: October 1, 1973
Creator: Turnage, J. C.; Bennett, L. L.; Joy, D. S. & Prince, B. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Farm and Home locations]

Description: Photograph of and advertisement for Farm and Home Savings Association. The advertisement includes text that reads "In Dallas 1900 Main at St. Paul" and on the other side of a vertical line it reads "In Fort Worth 915 Houston".
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for electrical services]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising electrical services. The slide is pinned to a black board that is hanging on a wall. The background of the slide is grey and there is text on it that reads "Full House Power Insall Reddy Light Garden Lighting Convenience Outlet" in white lettering.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for free inspections]

Description: Photograph of a slide that is pinned to a black board. The background of the slide is grey and there is text on the slide that reads "Free Inspection" in white letters. This text is off center and the word "Free" is in all capital letters.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: American]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 17, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Healthcare Services Industry in Tarrant County: Industry Overview and Projected Employment Growth in Specified Occupations

Description: The purpose of this report, by the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research, is to offer an assessment of the current status of the healthcare services industry in Tarrant County. Also, to forecast demand for training in these specified occupations over the next several years.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Clower, Terry L.; Seman, Michael & Weinstein, Bernard L.
Partner: UNT Center for Economic Development and Research
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Exempting Food and Agriculture Products from U.S. Economic Sanctions: Status and Implementation

Description: This report includes information background and analysis regarding exemption for and agriculture products from United States economic sanctions. This report also details debates, enacted provisions, sales, and developments regarding this subject.
Date: December 14, 2004
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analysis of Economic Understanding and Values of High School Seniors in a Large Metropolitan School District

Description: The problem of this study was to analyze the economic understanding and values of high school seniors in a large metropolitan school district. To attack the problem, three purposes were formulated. The first purpose was to determine if students enrolled in a one-semester, elective course in economics differed significantly in terms of economic understanding from students enrolled in a comparable non-economic social studies course. Another purpose was to determine if an already existing value or… more
Date: May 1972
Creator: Holland ,Thomas C.
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On the need and use of models to explore the role of economic confidence:a survey.

Description: Empirical studies suggest that consumption is more sensitive to current income than suggested under the permanent income hypothesis, which raises questions regarding expectations for future income, risk aversion, and the role of economic confidence measures. This report surveys a body of fundamental economic literature as well as burgeoning computational modeling methods to support efforts to better anticipate cascading economic responses to terrorist threats and attacks. This is a three part s… more
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: Sprigg, James A.; Paez, Paul J. (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM) & Hand, Michael S. (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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