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The author and editors take ultimate responsibility for the content. Most people have heard of the law of supply and demand, but you might not know exactly what it means. Supply and demand are two ...

When Daniel J. Sully nailed the price of cotton to the clouds and dared any one to pull it down, he did not see those old-time brothers Supply and Demand climb on each other's shoulders to take ...

Demand increases when prices drop and decreases when prices rise. There is market demand, which is the total quantity demanded ... to handle demand. The law of demand concerns consumers' changing ...