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...that
Gold Fixing
is the procedure by which the price of
gold
is set on the
London
market by the five members of the
London Bullion Market Association
?
...that the
Heroninos Archive
contains examples of a complex and standardized system of
accounting
used in
3rd century
Roman Egypt
?
...that
Jerry White
, cofounder of the
Landmine Survivors Network
, delivered the 2005 commencement address at the
University of Michigan
's
Ross School of Business
?
...that the melting and export of
cents and nickels
can be punished with a fine of up to $10,000 and/or imprisoned for a maximum of five years?
...that the
Vatican City
, has an
Automated teller machine (ATM)
with instructions in
Latin
?
... that the
GDP deflator
(implicit price deflator for GDP) is a
price index
measuring changes in prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy.
... that
Paul Krugman
introduced
returns to scale
to the field of
international trade
, now referred to as
new trade theory
?