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economy

(n): the system of production and distribution and consumption

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(n): a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

(n): the efficient use of resources

(n): skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort

(n): frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

(n): prudence in avoiding waste

(n): an act of economizing; reduction in cost

(n): something done (usually as opposed to something said)

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25 minutes ago brtom said:

The idea was that when faced with abundance one should consume abundantly—an idea that has survived to become the basis of our present economy. Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"

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