Surrogate - Economics

Economics

  • Ersatz, an artificial replacement differing in kind from and inferior in quality to what it replaces.

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Famous quotes containing the word economics:

    Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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    There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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