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71European Union Emission Trading Scheme — The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) also known as the European Union Emissions Trading System, was the first large emissions trading scheme in the world.[1] It was launched in 2005 to combat climate change and is a major pillar… …
72Convenience yield — A convenience yield is an adjustment to the cost of carry in the non arbitrage pricing formula for forward prices in markets with trading constraints. Let Ft,T be the forward price of an asset with initial price St and maturity T. Suppose that r… …
73Scottish pork taboo — The Scottish pork taboo was Donald Alexander Mackenzie s phrase for discussing an aversion to pork amongst Scots, particularly Highlanders, which he believed to stem from an ancient taboo. Several writers who confirm that there was a prejudice… …
74History of economic thought — The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the field of political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day. British philosopher Adam Smith is cited by many as the father of modern… …
75Criticism of intellectual property — Critics of the term intellectual property argue that the increased use of this terminology coincided with a more general shift away from thinking about things like copyright and patent law as specific legal instruments designed to promote the… …
76Grenelle Environnement — The Grenelle de l environnement is an open multi party debate in France that reunites representatives of national and local government and organizations (industry, labor, professional associations, non governmental organizations) on an equal… …
77Maximum wage — A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a legal limit on how much income an individual can earn.[1] This is a related economic concept that is complementary to the minimum wage used currently by some states to enforce minimum… …
78Water supply and sanitation in Israel — is intricately linked to the historical development of Israel in the context of scarce water resources. Because the coastal plain of historical Palestine had few water resources, Theodor Herzl already envisioned the transfer of water from the… …
79Guinea — Guinean, adj., n. /gin ee/, n. 1. a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary. 2. Formerly, French Guinea. an independent republic in W Africa, on the Atlantic coast. 7,405,375; ab. 96,900 sq. mi. (251,000… …
80land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
