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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | A federal government agency that writes and enforces safety and health standards for businesses |
Price discrimination | An illegal activity in which a business charges different customers different prices for similar amounts and types of products |
Price supports | Assistance by government in maintaining the price of a good or service to enable the producers to earn a profit |
Private enterprise system | An economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than government, own or control the means of production; also known as a free market economy, private profit system, market system, capitalistic system, or free enterprise system |
Private sector | That part of the economy that is owned and controlled by individuals and/or businesses |
Public goods | Goods and services that are used by all people and cannot be withheld from people who don’t help pay for them |
Public sector | That part of the economy that is owned and operated by government at all levels (e.g., schools, libraries, highway systems) |
Subsidy | Government financial help given to a business |
Tariff | A tax on imported goods; also called duty |