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*[[care]]
*[[care]]
*[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire
*[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire
*[[contact]] - someone you can get in touch with - they may owe you nothing or not do anything for you
**[[contact network]]
*[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done
*[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done
*[[credit]]
*[[credit]]
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*[[person]] is not always human:  could be ape, corporation.  legal concept
*[[person]] is not always human:  could be ape, corporation.  legal concept
*[[power]] in energy, social, instructional/knowledge/skill, buying sense
*[[power]] in energy, social, instructional/knowledge/skill, buying sense
** [[power grid]] to distribute electricity
** [[power network]] of those who force change
** [[power politics]] involving [[military force]]
*[[price]] implies expected quality
*[[price]] implies expected quality
*[[quality]] as in quality of life
*[[quality]] as in quality of life
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*[[sell]] can have moral conditions, some implied by [[medium of exchange]]
*[[sell]] can have moral conditions, some implied by [[medium of exchange]]
*[[service]] includes things states do, e.g. regulate markets, tax, set standards
*[[service]] includes things states do, e.g. regulate markets, tax, set standards
*[[social]] trust, e.g. as quantified by [[social capital]]
*[[social]] trust, e.g. as quantified or organized in:
**[[social capital]]
**[[social contract]]
**[[social network]]
*[[speculate]] is to [[bet]] without any intent to [[hedge]] or [[invest]] in [[capital]].
*[[speculate]] is to [[bet]] without any intent to [[hedge]] or [[invest]] in [[capital]].
*[[threat]] - not tangible, yet anyway, not a [[risk]]
*[[threat]] - not tangible, yet anyway, not a [[risk]]
*[[time horizon]] - essential to measure [[regret]]
*[[trust]]
*[[trust]]
*[[truth]] - see examples [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth of definitions of scope of truth] and see if [[Consumerium]] takes one position and if so how can it be defined in a dictionary generally
*[[truth]] - see examples [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth of definitions of scope of truth] and see if [[Consumerium]] takes one position and if so how can it be defined in a dictionary generally
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