disutility
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of disutility
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The authors use bland economic jargon to describe that quandary: “The disutility of work would have to be very high” to outweigh work’s financial benefits.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
The second classical postulate Keynes identified was that the "real wage is equal to the marginal disutility of labour".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2010
War-like emotions, he points out, may have been useful in an earlier civilization, but are now a total disutility.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
When more people use a given amount of consumers' wealth, values, measured in ultimate units of utility or disutility, rise.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark
On the contrary, with the bringing in of disutility of production, we have the doctrine of the earlier English School revived.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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