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  2. Hickory Dickory Dock - Wikipedia

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    Other variants include "down the mouse ran" [2] or "down the mouse run" [3] or "and down he ran" or "and down he run" in place of "the mouse ran down". Other variants have non-sequential numbers, for example starting with "The clock struck ten, The mouse ran down" instead of the traditional "one".

  3. Hickory, Dickory, and Doc - Wikipedia

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    Alex Lovy first introduced Hickory, Dickory, and Doc in the 1959 cartoon Space Mouse, in which Doc attempts to sell the mice to NASA as test animals. [1] Lovy's shorts mainly follow the contemporary cat-and-mouse chase formula of the time, with Doc usually failing to catch the more cunning Hickory and Dickory.

  4. Law of demand - Wikipedia

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    Substitution effect: The substitution effect is the change in the quantity demanded of a good or service due to a change in the relative prices of substitute goods. When the price of a good increases, consumers may shift their consumption to relatively cheaper substitute goods, causing the demand for the original good to decrease.

  5. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  6. Multiplier (economics) - Wikipedia

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    This process continues multiple times, and is called the multiplier effect. The multiplier may vary across countries, and will also vary depending on what measures of money are being considered. For example, consider M2 as a measure of the U.S. money supply, and M0 as a measure of the U.S. monetary base.

  7. Here's How the East Coast Port Strike Could Affect Car Buyers

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    Automakers with East Coast ports of entry could face months of rippling delays for new vehicles and parts after the longshoremen went on strike starting Oct. 1.

  8. Substitution effect - Wikipedia

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    The overall effect of the price change is that the consumer now chooses the consumption bundle at point C. But the move from A to C can be decomposed into two parts. The substitution effect is the change that would occur if the consumer were required to remain on the original indifference curve; this is the move from A to B. The income effect ...

  9. Why a looming dockworkers' strike in the East is good ... - AOL

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    A strike would cause billions of dollars in economic damage and force shippers to divert more products to land in the West Coast, adding distance, time and costs for many importers and retailers.