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glazier's fallacy

glazier's fallacy noun: the notion that destruction is good for an economy because it stimulates demand for goods and services. It is generally held to be a fallacy because there is no net benefit macroeconomically, no matter how much money some particular businesses may make.

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Noun

glazier's fallacy

  1. The notion that destruction is good for an economy because it stimulates demand for goods and services. It is generally held to be a fallacy because there is no net benefit macroeconomically, no matter how much money some particular businesses may make.

Origin of glazier's fallacy

From the parable of the broken window, in which destruction of window glass is said to be good because it provides some business for glaziers.

Questions about glazier's fallacy

What does glazier's fallacy mean?
Glazier's fallacy means the notion that destruction is good for an economy because it stimulates demand for goods and services. It is generally held to be a fallacy because there is no net benefit macroeconomically, no matter how much money some particular businesses may make.
What part of speech is glazier's fallacy?
Glazier's fallacy is a noun.

Words near glazier's fallacy in the dictionary

  1. glazes
  2. glazes over
  3. glazes up
  4. glazework
  5. glazier
  6. glazier's fallacy
  7. glazier's point
  8. glazier's points
  9. glazier's putties
  10. glazier's putty
  11. glazieries

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