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Definition of "underconsumption" [un•der•con•sump•tion]

  • Insufficient consumption (for financial stability) (noun)

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Use "underconsumption" in a sentence
  • "I have never understood how the idea of "underconsumption" ever caught on."
  • "As should be obvious by now, much of the material that I have been forwarding is connected to major debates within Marxism, such as underconsumption / overaccumulation, dependency theory / Brenner critique, etc."
  • "Investment has to be balanced by consumption, otherwise you get underconsumption, overcapacity/overproduction, the rise of speculative investment vehicles, bubbles, and crashes."