And rich countries are, moreover, less dependent on the stuff than they used to be.
How, then, does the principle go to work on the stuff of economics?
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The team has published a number of papers on the stuff, including ones that demonstrate its ice- and bacteria-repelling properties.
He stumbled on the stuff in Hawaii, fell in love and now is a partner in the Willie Nelson Biodiesel Co.
The company reaps more money per sale on the stuff in these stores than it gets on just about any other products.
"The key thing is to stay focused on the stuff that matters most to the American people in the long run, " he says.
Just as telling, the premium for spot copper over the nearest forward contract jumps up when buyers worry about being able to get their hands on the stuff.
He never bought off on the stuff that you know came to be the series of excuses for the behavior, the rationale for non-U.S. action in certain situations.
He seems to live on the stuff.
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Even when confining their predictions to the next few decades, the Killer Bs painted the future with broad brushstrokes that were heavy on the cultural impact of technology and light on how to turn a profit on the stuff.
Fertilizer, like many commodities, rises and falls dramatically in price, and the volume sold varies wildly from year-to-year, too, as farmers load up on nutrients in anticipation of strong grain prices, and ease up on the stuff when they expect corn and soybean prices to be lower.
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Just get rid of the crappy stuff and focus on the good stuff.
In fact, the government could reduce the cost of rice for all Indonesians without spending a penny if it lifted the ban on importing the stuff.
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The Treasury is standing firm on the big stuff the infrastructure projects in transport, defence, health and education.
The easy gains to be made from oil have led to a catastrophic over-reliance on the black stuff to provide the country's wealth, while successive governments have left the rest of the economy to wither and decay.
They fixate on the inanimate stuff of capital and overlook the human imagination, patience and effort to anticipate consumer desires and bring together the many factors of production to eventually satisfy them.
And although physical space is less of an issue than in print, how much capacity will be left for actual content, how much attention capital will readers be asked to spend on the sexy stuff, and how will the balance be struck?
Until recently most people in the waste industry had assumed that it was impossible to reduce the amount being produced and were concentrating on putting the stuff to better use.
He walked fifty feet downshore, stepped onto the pond, walked a wide loop on the solid stuff, turned to shore, started toward the black water.
For the second day in a row, traders simply shrugged their shoulders in response to the headlines and focused on the good stuff such as some strong earnings (Red Hat and Micron led the charge here) and continued improvement in initial unemployment claims.
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But the appeal of letting the Americans get on with what they know best, freeing himself to concentrate on the French stuff, while taking a stake in any new entity, might be hard to refuse.
"Coming over here and playing on the real stuff has been great, " Sock said.
So Pragnell put his money on the newfangled stuff sold to U.S. farmers.
Why not ask BP to simply step aside on the onshore stuff, make it an entirely government thing?
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Mom takes on the business stuff: invention, human resources, problem solving and finances.
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Instead, it's coated in smooth soft-touch black plastic on the back and a textured version of the stuff on its sides.
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We should be finding ways to increase the value of the stuff on the Internet, but Google is saying the value of the right to put books up there is zero.
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