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deadweight loss

deadweight loss noun: a loss of economic efficiency due to failure to achieve a free market equilibrium.

Noun

deadweight loss (countable and uncountable, plural deadweight losses)

  1. A loss of economic efficiency due to failure to achieve a free market equilibrium.
    • Basically, China does not want¹ [¹the Chinese government does not want] to exist in a trading system, where goods are traded for other goods. China wants to make all the goods, and have other countries pay for those goods with debt. […] Even if one country is better at making everything, it doesn’t...2026 June 6, Noah Smith, “Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods. There are benefits far beyond protectionism”, in Noahopinion [Substack newsletter]

Forms of deadweight loss

pluraldeadweight losses

Questions about deadweight loss

What does deadweight loss mean?
Deadweight loss means a loss of economic efficiency due to failure to achieve a free market equilibrium.
What part of speech is deadweight loss?
Deadweight loss is a noun.
What is the plural of deadweight loss?
The plural of deadweight loss is deadweight losses.

Words near deadweight loss in the dictionary

  1. deadvoice
  2. deadvoices
  3. deadwater
  4. deadwaters
  5. deadweight
  6. deadweight loss
  7. deadweight losses
  8. deadweight ton
  9. deadweight tons
  10. deadweights
  11. deadwood

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