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(in currency) when a floating currency reduces in value in terms of other currencies.

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the process that occurs in dry areas and turns productive farmland into non-productive desert as...

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low- and middle­ income countries in which most people have a lower standard of living than...

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marginal utility drops with each additional unit of the product consumed.

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when the long run average cost per unit rises with an increase in output.

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