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| term | definition |
|---|---|
| regulation | attempt by the gov. to control behavior of corporations, other gov. or citizens by changing the natural workings of the open market to achieve some desired goal |
| independent regulatory agency | gov. agency that exists outside the three branches of gov. and is responsible for enforcing pariticular statutes |
| antitrust regulation | federal laws and regularions that try to prevent businesses from dominating a particular market through monopoly or restraint of trade. |
| trust | monopoly that controls goods and services often in combinations that reduce competition. |
| interlocking directions | corp. in which an officer or director sits on the board of a competitor with the iffect of restraining trade; banned by clayton act |
| yellow dog contract | contract by an anti-union employer that forces new workers to promise they will not join a union as a condition of employment |
| closed shop | (blank) |
| union shop | company in which new employees much join a union |
| labor injunction | court order forbidding specific indiv. or groups form perfoming certain acts like striking that the court considers harmful to the right sand property of an employer or community. |
| collective bargaining | method whereby reps of the union and employer determine wages, hours and other condiions of employment through direct negotiations. |
| social regulation | gov. attempts to correct a wide variety of side effects, usually unintended, brought about gov. activity |
| sherman Anti-trust act | 1890 supposed to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies but it was not enforced by the president or supreme court at the time |
| Clayton Act | 1914 Wilson; |
| Federal Trade Commission | 5 person board to enforce clayton Act |
| Norris - la Guardia Act | made yellow dog contracts uninforceable and grandted labor the right to organize |
| right to work laws: | illegal for collective bargianing agreements to contain closed shop, union shop, preferential hiring or any other clause req. complularory union membership |
| fiscal policy | gov. policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending |
| monetary policy | gov. policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling the money supply and interest rates |
| tariff | tax levied on imports to help protect a nation's industries labor, or gramers form foreign competition. it can also be used to raise additional revenue. |
| excise tax | consumer tax on a specific kind of merchandise, such as tobacco |