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1 ECONOMICS FOR EVERYONE: ON-LINE GLOSSARY OF TERMS & CONCEPTS By Jim Stanford Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008 Non-commercial use and reproduction, with appropriate citation, is authorized. This GLOSSARY contains non-technical descriptions of all the TERMS in ECONOMICS for Everyone highlighted in SMALL CAPITALS. Italicized TERMS within the definitions are themselves defined elsewhere in the GLOSSARY , for cross-reference. Absolute Poverty: Poverty defined with respect to an absolute material standard of living. Someone is absolutely poor if their income does not allow them to consume enough to purchase a minimum bundle of consumer goods and services (including shelter, food, and clothing).
neoliberal strategy for increasing the cost of job loss. Counter-Cyclical Policies: Governments can take many different actions to offset the ongoing booms and busts of the private-sector economy. These policies include fiscal policies (increasing government spending when the economy is weak), monetary policies (cutting interest
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