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Italian Money Clip

Italian Money Clip

Vinny: Yo Tony, lemme borrow two hundred

Tony: I aint got it

Vinny: You just pulled a wad of money out at the bar

Tony: Yeah its a bunch of one's with a hundred on the outside

Vinny: get the fuck outta here
by EFisher October 2, 2010
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Dorito Money

Menial wages earned through acts of prostitution.
"That woman has sex for money. Not even that much money, either. Maybe Dorito Money, but certainly not enough for a bus ticket."

Kiersten: "You got any cash?"
Collin: "Nah, all I got is my Dorito Money."
by Chris "Your Hero" Mock January 3, 2011
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

title of book by John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) outlining the general concept of Keynesian economics. The book was published in 1936.

*Context*
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Prior to the Great Depression, opinions about how to properly manage the economy were dominated by Neoclassical economics, which advocated little government intervention. In particular, unemployment was regarded as the consequence of workers failing to accept wages sufficiently low to permit full employment.

During the Great Depression, unemployment soared to 25% in the USA and Germany. Economics had no advice to give to leaders anxious to do something, and none of the neoclassical predictions were coming true. The government of the UK commissioned J.M. Keynes to lead a commission of top British economists in a general review of economic theory; their finding were summarized by Keynes in *The General Theory*.

*The Findings*
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The Cambridge team did not have access to statistics of national income and product accounting (NIPA). They did have some data on unemployment and prices, especially from the USA.

Keynes also identified several inherent logical problems with neoclassical economic theory about saving and investment. The theory said that all economic output of an economy would tend to be consumed; all saving would be invested; and all workers would be employed, *provided wages fell low enough*.


Keynes noted the economic mechanism by which investment occurs has little to do with the existing rate of saving; both are influenced by interest rates, but other forces come into play (e.g., liquidity preference for saving, business opportunities and user cost for investment). Hence, aggregate demand can drift very far out of alignment with output (or potential output).

Another finding was that employment rates actually did not respond in a predictable way to the fall in wages. The US economy suffered periods when a reduction in the wage level lead to increases in employment, despite the assumption that workers would have withdrawn from the labor market.

Finally, Keynes proposed the use of monetary policy and fiscal policy for regulating business cycles.
The *The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money* completely shook up the world of economic policy. Hereafter, governments took responsibility for economic conditions or they lost power.
by Abu Yahya March 3, 2009
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money bomb

A massive donation online WITHIN A SMALL TIMEFRAME to a non-profit organization or political campaign by an organized giving effort.

Wordage first seen in reference to the November 5th, 2007 Money Bomb to Ron Paul, presidential candidate. The effort gave Dr. Paul $4.3 million in 24 hours all from individuals averaging a $103 payment. This act made him break the record for the most money ever given to a REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE in a single day.
"Ron Paul supporters are at it again. They are planning another Money Bomb on Dec. 16th--the Boston Tea Party."

"In an effort to support the Red Cross, our university organized a Money Bomb along with the locals. We raised $100,000 in two hours."
by quickstepper December 2, 2007
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Milk money

AKA "Lunch money"

Etymology: Originally, "milk money" was money given to (Canadian?) children in the 1970s-1990s for their optional daily public school lunchtime purchases of small, chilled 250mL cartons of homogenized milk in squared, waxed paper containers.

Milk money is connected to bullying because bullies profited from its extortion.
"Give me your milk money or I'll give you a face wash!
by K'an March 29, 2014
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Loving The Money Pit

Acknowledging that Object A is inferior to Object B in every way, yet preferring Object A. The phrase was coined on Family Guy when Peter Griffin used it in part to explain why he did not like The Godfather.
Atlanta's got no chance against Boston, but hey, I'm loving The Money Pit on this one. Atlanta in 6.
by TheBaldOneMpls April 15, 2008
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Minute Money

1. Cash that's urgently needed (usually by a teenager) to purchase additional cell phone minutes. 2. The reason why pre-paid cell phones are so cheap.
"Dad! I need some Minute Money so my girlfriend can text me after the party tonight."
by Peter Kobs July 8, 2009
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