Gold standard countries have high rates of economic growth that appeal to creditors, and even more appealing to those same creditors is the measure of value that defines their currencies.
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Gold is a great predictor of our economic health because as the most constant, objective measure of value in existence, its price is the single best measure of the value of the most important price in the world: the U.S. dollar.
The role of the state in defining strategy, purposes and priorities of policy for culture and the measure of public understanding of the value of culture depend on a general conceptualizing of the cultural sector and cultural policies.
The best, most immediate measure of the true value of the dollar--or any currency--is gold.
Returning once again to Mill, he knew that the only way to measure the value of currencies was with precious metals.
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About money, it should be remembered that it was conceived long ago solely to facilitate the exchange of goods, and as a way for market actors to measure the value of investments.
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That list will reveal not only the quantifiable measure of your value, but the qualitative value of doing business with you.
Our mobile strategy will remain a top priority as engagement increases, and we will continue to focus on the business owner, creating more ways to measure the value of Yelp leads.
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They are, however, quick and easy ways for each of us to measure the relative value of the things we buy.
In fact the 100 share index, the main measure of stock market value, ended the year higher than it had started.
Chris Carilli, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro, New Mexico, points out that the quasar-based method to measure the ancient value of alpha is at least 30 years old, and has never before resulted in a value different from today's alpha.
"They're admitting that they can't measure the value of their assets, " Richard Bove of Punk Ziegel says of level 3 valuations.
"You can't measure the value of a law degree in terms of what your employment number was nine months after graduation, " says Dean Rudy Hasl.
It can also be difficult to measure the value of communication.
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And this calculation does not attempt to measure the value of having a football program that is essentially self- supporting and probably subsidizing other sports programs, which liberates University funds for other projects.
As an example, a potential application for an auto manufacturer pushing test drives on its website could be able to measure the value of all test drives booked on the site, and the value of those booked after being referred from social media sites.
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So whilst click-through rates on emails and website hits are both free to measure and very seductive, it takes time and money to measure the value of your brand (many big PLCs value these on their balance sheet as goodwill running into several hundred million).
Based on the assumption that all future generations will have to pay the bills that today's generation has left behind, Mr Kotlikoff tries to measure the present value of net future taxes (that is, taxes to be paid minus benefits, such as pensions, to be received) for individuals of different ages over their remaining lifetimes and, collectively, for future generations.
It is hard to balance and measure the emotional value of items given to beneficiaries.
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But there are well established appraisal methods to measure the present value of future benefits through capitalized income streams.
And what measure of the value of art to society do we have except the value society is willing to pay for it?
That's why a better measure of the value of the Rangers is Cablevision's Madison Square Garden unit, which primarily includes Madison Square Garden, the MSG Network and professional sports teams.
In fact, just using market capitalization as a measure of the value of the company, Apple could buy the sixth through tenth largest technology stocks traded in the United States.
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Professor Robert Steele, an advisor to the charity Colon Cancer Concern, told BBC News Online any measure which would improve the predicted value of symptoms is to be welcomed.
We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm's way.
However, tangible book value per share is a good measure of liquidation value, or the amount that shareholders can reasonably expect to receive should the company go under.
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In fact, most companies have no way to measure the cost or the value of a happy customer.
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There is only one true measure of value: the market and its shares.
The "million-dollar" measure refers to either total revenue generated or the value of the enterprise built (as opposed to the size of the total profit pile).
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