The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace and in employment.
ADA applies to all private businesses with 15 or more employees.
It also applies to government employers, employment agencies and trade unions.
The ADA has also increased accessibility and mobility for people with disabilities by requiring automatic doorways, ramps and wheelchair accessible elevators in public spaces and businesses.
Autarky refers to a state of self-sufficiency and is commonly used to describe countries or economies that seek to reduce their dependence on international trade.
A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract is a model used to finance large projects, usually infrastructure projects, developed through a public-private partnership.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, especially in the industrial sector, in which labor is paid only according to wages.
The term “discount rate” can refer to either the interest rate the Federal Reserve charges banks for short-term loans or the rate used to discount future cash flows in a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis.