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71Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… …
72inclination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. propensity, leaning, bent, predisposition; fondness, liking; predilection; slope, slant, ramp. See tendency, will, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tendency] Syn. bent, bias, propensity,… …
73Spending multiplier — In economics, the multiplier effect refers to the idea that an initial spending rise can lead to an even greater increase in national income. In other words, an initial change in aggregate demand can cause a further change in aggregate output for …
74Grenache — Bois Jaune redirects here. For the Bulgarian wine grape also known as Bois Jaune, see Dimiat. Tintilla redirects here. For the Spanish French wine grape that is also known as Tintilla, see Mourvèdre. Grenache Grape (Vitis) …
75Opportunism — Opportunity Seized, Opportunity Missed. Engraving by Theodoor Galle, 1605. Contents 1 General definition …
76Complex multiplier — The complex multiplier is the multiplier principle in keynesian economics (formulated by John Maynard Keynes). The multiplier is a rather simplistic version of this. It applies to any change in autonomous expenditure, in other words, a change in… …
77Life-cycle Income Hypothesis — Italian American Economist Franco Modigliani, winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985, originated the Life cycle Income Hypothesis base on Irving Fisher s model of inter temporal choice. In Modigliani s Life cycle Hypothesis, or LCH… …
78Propensität — Propensität, Inklination, Neigung oder Verwirklichungstendenz ist eine von Karl Popper vorgeschlagene objektivistische Interpretation von Wahrscheinlichkeit, zu der sich bereits bei Peirce Skizzen finden lassen. Popper entwickelte sie, um das… …
79cardiovascular disease — Introduction any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …
80bent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curved, crooked; tendency, inclination, nature, propensity. See curvature, desire. Ant., straight. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. curved, warped, crooked, looped, twined, sinuous, bowed, flexed,… …
