Tag: social
Underlying Mortality Assumption
What is 'Underlying Mortality Assumption' Projections of expected death rates used by actuaries to estimate insurance premiums and pension obligations. Underlying mortality...
Land Value
What is 'Land Value' Land value is the value of a piece of property, including both the value of the land itself...
Latin Baseball Futures
What is 'Latin Baseball Futures' A financial contract used to speculate on the potential of teenage baseball players from Latin America who...
Economic Collapse
What is an economic collapse and how can it happen
An economic collapse is a situation in which the economy of a country experiences a...
Economic Efficiency
DefinitionEconomic efficiency is, roughly speaking, a situation in which nothing can be improved without something else being hurt. Depending on the context, it is...
Early Majority
What is 'Early Majority' The first sizable segment of a population to adopt an innovative technology. The early majority tends to be...
Earmarking
What is 'Earmarking' Earmaking consists of funds (or capital) that are set aside to pay for a specific project or event. In...
Earnings Management
What is earnings management and why do companies do it
Many publicly traded companies engage in a practice known as earnings management. This is the...
Eco-Communalism
What is 'Eco-Communalism' An economic/environmental philosophy focused upon local economies, sustainability and self-sufficiency. Eco-communalism is centered upon the belief that many self-sufficient...