Oscar /os-car/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced OS-ker. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Oscar is spear of the gods. Also possibly from the Gaelic phrase os cara, meaning friend of the deer.James Macpherson used the name in his Ossianic poems. Napoleon, an admirer of those works, imposed it on his little French godson, who ascended the throne of Sweden as Oscar I (or Oskar I).lso possibly from the Gaelic phrase os cara, meaning friend of the deer. James Macpherson used the name in his Ossianic poems. Napoleon, an admirer of those works, imposed it on his little French godson, who ascended the throne of Sweden as Oscar I (or Oskar I).
The next economic risk factor is inflation, which can be used to hedge other factors, such as cost-of-living adjustments. Indexed pensioners and active employees with final average plan liability formulas (where salaries are often highly tied to inflation) are types of liabilities that have inflation characteristics.
ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS. What are the four supply factors of economic growth? What is the demand factor? What is the efficiency factor? Illustrate these factors in terms of the production possibilities curve. The four supply factors are the quantity and quality of natural resources; the quantity and quality of human resources; the stock of capital goods; and the level of technology. The demand factor is the level of purchases needed to maintain full employment. The efficiency factor refers to both productive and allocative efficiency. Figure 17.1 illustrates these growth factors by showing movement from curve AB to curve CD.