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| '''For our purposes the economy is:'''
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| ''The production, exchange and consumption of socially valued items, both concrete and conceptual. And the social incentives and disincentives that govern these exchanges. This includes but is not limited to; currency, tangible items, services, food, water, housing, ideas, healthcare, real property, stocks, leases, promises of future services, favors, etc.''
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| Basic survival need, perceived social need, pursuit of material reward, fear of punishment, pursuit of non-material reward, religious beliefs, pursuit of friendships or sexual partners.
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| ===== Next a list of the four basic economic systems. ===== | | ===== Next a list of the four basic economic systems. ===== |
