Kaldor-Hicks improvements

A form of Kaldor-Hicks improvement — An economic reallocation of resources among people, such that those who are made better off could hypothetically compensate those who are made worse off and lead to a Pareto-improving outcome.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Kaldor-Hicks improvement
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