externality

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"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

“For a negative externality like climate, carrots are always going to be more expensive than sticks,” says Roberton Williams III, a University of Maryland environmental economist.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

With touch, there is reproduction of externality, but the ideality of the reproduction is not so complete as in the other forms.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)