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dispossessed
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the economically deprived
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rubber-stamp
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to approve a plan or law quickly or routinely, without examination
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blank-check
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referring to permission to use an unlimited amount of money or authority
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foreign exchange
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the transfer of credits or accounts between the citizens or financial institutions of different nations
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hoarding
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secretly storing up quantities of goods or money
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boondoggling
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engaging in trivial or useless work; any enterprise characterized by such work
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fascist
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referring to a political system or philosophy that advocates a mass-baed party dictatorship, extreme nationalism, racism, and the glorification of war
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parity
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equivalence in monetary value under different conditions; specifically, in the US, the price for farm products that would give them the same purchasing power as in the period 1909-1914
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holding company
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a company that owns, and usually controls, the stocks and securities of another company
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collective bargaining
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bargaining between an employer and his organized work force over hours, wages, and other conditions of employment
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jurisdictional
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concerning the proper sphere in which authority may be exercised
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checks and balances
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in American politics, the interlocking system of divided and counter-weighted authority among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government
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pinko
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disparaging term for someone who is not a "red" or communist, but is presumed to be sympathetic to communism
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deficit spending
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the spending of public funds beyond the amount of income
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left-wing
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in politics, groups or parties that traditionally advocate greater economic and social equality and the welfare of the common worker
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