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  2. Campaigns of Nader Shah - Wikipedia

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    Campaigns of Nader Shah. The campaigns of Nader Shah (Persian: لشکرکشی‌های نادرشاه), or the Naderian Wars (Persian: جنگ‌های نادری), were a series of conflicts fought in the early to mid-eighteenth century throughout Central Eurasia primarily by the Iranian conqueror Nader Shah. His campaigns originated from the ...

  3. Positive and normative economics - Wikipedia

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    Positive and normative economics. In the philosophy of economics, a descriptive or positive statement is an assertion about facts of the world, while prescriptive or normative statements express value judgments. The former describe the world as it is, while the latter talk about the world as it should be. [1]

  4. Nader Shah - Wikipedia

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    Nader Shah Afshar[a] (Persian: نادر شاه افشار; 6 August 1698 [5] – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was assassinated during a rebellion. He fought numerous campaigns throughout the Middle ...

  5. Welfare economics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Welfare economics is a field of economics that applies microeconomic techniques to evaluate the overall well-being (welfare) of a society. [1] The principles of welfare economics are often used to inform public economics, which focuses on the ways in which government intervention can improve social welfare.

  6. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic ...

  7. Economics - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Economics (/ ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks, ˌiːkə -/) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work.

  8. On this day in history, September 2, 1944, George H.W. Bush ...

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    September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM. On this day in history, September 2, 1944, George H.W. Bush is shot down during World War II. While off the Japanese island of Chichijima on this day in history on ...

  9. Market (economics) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In economics, a market is a composition of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations or infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services (including labour power) to buyers in exchange for money.