Keynesian beauty contests

A form of Keynesian beauty contest — A theoretical beauty contest where judges are rewarded for selecting the most popular faces among all judges, rather than those they personally find the most attractive. The idea may be applied to the buying of stocks in financial markets.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Keynesian beauty contest
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