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Baumol effect

Baumol's cost disease means that the cost of many critical sectors in an economy tends to rise over time

—p.69 In Search of a Better Sponge (64) by Ryan Avent
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Say's Law

Economists [...] point to 'Say's Law', [...] which is often summarized in the phrase 'supply creates its own demand'

—p.6 Introduction (1) by Ryan Avent
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reifying

we succumb to the mechanism of reification, in the course of which we forget the best thing of all. That turns a part of the process into an absolute

—p.14 The Role of Theory (1) by Max Horkheimer
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cathexis

it is still unclear why work should be cathected in the first place

—p.12 The Role of Theory (1) by Theodor W. Adorno
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teleological

The gesture of the savage who pauses for an instant to reflect whether or not he wishes to eat his prisoner contains teleologically the end of violence

—p.7 The Role of Theory (1) by Theodor W. Adorno
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