The Temporalization of the Market Economy

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The Temporalization of the Market Economy
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Arbitrage

• Arbitrage
• Traffic in assets, so as to take advantage of the
  difference of price at which the asset may be
  quoted at the same time in different markets.

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Foreign Direct Investment

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• Cross-country purchases of physical capital.

NOTE Transnational capital flows also take the
form of portfolio investment and an increasing
volume of investment is done through mergers and
acquisitions.
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Inflation vs. hyperinflation

• Inflation
• A rise in the general level of prices.
• Hyperinflation
• An acute and self-sustaining form of price
  inflation.

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References

• All definitions from
• Oxford English Dictionary (online)
• http//dictionary.oed.com
• And
• Encyclopædia Britannica Online (academic edition)
• http//search.eb.com/