Both Uses of
supply and demand
in
Anna Karenina
- I assume that a salary is the price paid for a commodity, and it ought to conform with the law of supply and demand.†
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- …salary is fixed without any regard for that law, as, for instance, when I see two engineers leaving college together, both equally well trained and efficient, and one getting forty thousand while the other is satisfied with two; or when I see lawyers and hussars, having no special qualifications, appointed directors of banking companies with immense salaries, I conclude that the salary is not fixed in accordance with the law of supply and demand, but simply through personal interest.†
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Definition:
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(supply and demand) economics: "supply" refers to the amount of goods or services available at a given price at any time; and "demand" refers to the amount of goods or services desired for purchase at a given price and time