tradeoff
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Engineering - Introductory
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In his 1975 book "Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff," economist Arthur Okun suggested that policy makers often have to choose between fairness and growth.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019
His new book, “The Great Tradeoff: Controlling Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization,” provides an excellent text for the discussion we need.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2015
As Daniel Solove has argued so persuasively in his book Nothing To Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security, Americans today devalue their own privacy in all sorts of staggering ways.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2011
That is the central dilemma that Economist Arthur Okun faces in an eminently readable, slim new book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, published by the Brookings Institution in Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1975 he published a book called Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff.
From Time Magazine Archive
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