the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
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Malthusianism
The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
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the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business acti…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of mo…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a prof…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a prof…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities
Used in the same subject area: Economics, General economics.(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, General economics.(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Used in the same subject area: Economics, General economics.(economics) the principle that when two kinds of money having the same denominational value are in circulation the intrinsically more…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, General economics.(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service
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(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population stat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.The doctrines of the Brunonian system of medicine. See Brunonian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, malthusian, doctrines, population.One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a…
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