externality

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The externalities that never made it into the press releases.

From Salon

“Not pricing in that ‘negative externality’ — as economists put it — has been the greatest market failure of all time.”

From Salon

"In economics, we call that externality," she said.

From Science Daily

In traditional economics-speak, hidden costs are known as externalities – spillover effects from production that are caused by one party but paid for by another.

From Salon

Analysts think environmental externalities may come under greater scrutiny for waste-to-energy projects selling offsets as the global carbon market evolves beyond the Clean Development Mechanism to a new U.N.-run program.

From Seattle Times