Economics

3. state laws that prohibit union security agreements between employers and labor unions which require employees who are not union members to contribute to the costs of union representation.
6. legal entity that's separate from its owners.
8. investment securities where an investor lends money to a company or a government for a set period of time, in exchange for regular interest payments.
11. people who lend their skills and expertise to a business on a project-by-project or short-term basis.
13. the sum of the employed plus the unemployed
14. obtain (goods or a service) from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
15. the intersection of the supply and demand for labour
18. a demand for a commodity, service, etc. which is a consequence of the demand for something else.
19. the process by which education increases productivity and results in higher wages

1. the theory that the completion of college indicates to employers that a job applicant is intelligent and hard-working
2. the practice of basing some of a company's processes or services overseas, so as to take advantage of lower costs.
4. when 2 or more companies merge that create the same product or service
5. a business made up of two or more partners, each sharing the business's debts, liabilities, and assets.
7. method of distributing products or services involving a franchisor
9. unfair labor practice that occurs when a union requires an employer to pay for services they did not perform
10. union between two companies in the same industry but at different stages of the production process
12. the effort that individuals exert when they produce a good or service.
16. a person with temporary permission to work in another country.
17. a market situation in which there is only one buyer.