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Utility — This article is about the economic concept. For other uses, see Utility (disambiguation). Part of a series on Utilitarianism … Wikipedia
utility — noun 1 usefulness ADJECTIVE ▪ great, high ▪ limited, low ▪ potential ▪ overall ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Social choice theory — is a theoretical framework for measuring individual interests, values, or welfares as an aggregate towards collective decision. A non theoretical example of a collective decision is passing a set of laws under a constitution. Social choice theory … Wikipedia
Social dilemma — Social dilemmas are situations in which private interests are at odds with collective interests. Such situations arise because people frequently attach more weight to their short term selfish interests than to the long term interests of the group … Wikipedia
Social economy — refers to a third sector in economies between the private sector and business or, the public sector and government. It includes organisations such as cooperatives, non governmental organisations and charities. Social economy: a third sector in… … Wikipedia
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Social interpretations of race — Social interpretation of physical variation Incongruities of racial classifications Even as the idea of race was becoming a powerful organizing principle in many societies, the shortcomings of the concept were apparent. In the Old World, the… … Wikipedia
Social welfare function — In economics a social welfare function can be defined as a real valued function that ranks conceivable social states (alternative complete descriptions of the society) from lowest on up as to welfare of the society. Inputs of the function include … Wikipedia
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Utility cooperative — A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in the … Wikipedia
