externality
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Most people think of money as a macro phenomenon or externality.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
"In economics, we call that externality," she said.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
In the language of economics, the decision imposes an externality on the nation, which is exactly the kind of decision that states alone should not be making for other states.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
“We create prosperous and exclusive communities, but in so doing also create neighborhoods with concentrated despair — the externality of stockpiled opportunity.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The mediæval economist believed in the externality of relations; he prosecuted for the offenses of forestalling and regrating the man who would make a profit by merely changing things in place.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
How do you think about the potential externalities of AI, such as unemployment?
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
But those events tend to be intrinsic to business rather than externalities such as White House maneuvers or geopolitics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Preparation for these varying externalities requires supply-chain middlemen and product sellers to anticipate consequential cost increases down the line—and implement them sooner than later, in order to cover their margins.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024
Advocates of true cost accounting assert that its more nuanced approach will address shortcomings in traditional cost-benefit analysis – particularly, failing to consider social and health externalities in depth.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024
True, replies Socrates, but these are only externalities.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
