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Cumulative incidence — or incidence proportion is a measure of frequency, as in epidemiology, where it is a measure of disease frequency during a period of time. Where the period of time considered is an entire lifetime, the incidence proportion is called lifetime risk … Wikipedia
Non-equilibrium economics — deals with processes that exhibit self reinforcing causation, as opposed to standard neoclassical equilibrium economics. This approach is represented by modern researchers in the fields of evolutionary institutional economics, Post Keynesian… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Kaldor — Post Keynesian economics Born 12 May 1908(1908 05 12) Budapest, Hungary Died … Wikipedia
Evolutionary economics — Economics … Wikipedia
Positive feedback — Alarm or panic can spread by positive feedback among a herd of animals to cause a stampede. Positive feedback is energy taken from the output of a system and reapplied to the input, which is phase congruent with the input signal. A system… … Wikipedia
Institutional racism — (or structural racism or systemic racism) refers to a form of racism which occurs specifically in institutions such as public bodies, corporations, and universities. The term was coined by black nationalist, pan Africanist and honorary prime… … Wikipedia
Say's law — In economics, Say’s Law or Say’s Law of Markets is a principle attributed to French businessman and economist Jean Baptiste Say (1767 1832) stating that there can be no demand without supply. A central element of Say s Law is that recession does… … Wikipedia
Chain migration — has multiple meanings. It refers to the social process by which immigrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular city or neighborhood, whether in an immigrant receiving country or in a new, usually urban, location in … Wikipedia
Overdevelopment — refers to a way of seeing global inequality that focuses on the negative consequences of excessive consumption. It exists as the mutually constitutive counterpart to the more commonly known concept of underdevelopment . In mainstream development… … Wikipedia
Nicholas Kaldor — Naissance 12 mai 1908 Budapest (Hongrie) Décès 30 septembre 1986 (à 78 ans) Papworth Everard (Cambridgeshire) (Grande Bretagne) Nationalité … Wikipédia en Français
