externality

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

In short, electric vehicle production just doesn’t look like a network externality business.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Our society has accepted these costs, he said — but with this stop sign camera, the District has charged for the externality in the hope of eliminating it.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

But each of them—roadway safety, air pollution, and infrastructure—is an externality we can see coming a mile away and deal with accordingly.

From Slate • May 21, 2021

Nothing was more significant of the externality of these debates than the fact that they seemed to ignore everything that we had cared about before.

From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.