In Economics
- Distribution (economics), distribution of income or output among individuals or factors of production
- Distribution (business), or place, one of the four elements of marketing mix
- Distribution of wealth, among members in a society
- Resource distribution, among geographic entities such as states
- Division of property, or equitable distribution, of property between spouses during divorce
- Food distribution, methods of transporting food
- Good distribution practice, guidelines for distribution of medicines
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Famous quotes containing the word economics:
“The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
—Anonymous.
An axiom from economics popular in the 1960s, the words have no known source, though have been dated to the 1840s, when they were used in saloons where snacks were offered to customers. Ascribed to an Italian immigrant outside Grand Central Station, New York, in Alistair Cooke’s America (epilogue, 1973)