HES: QUERY--Origin of the phrase "short-termism"

Axel Gosseries gosseries at etes.ucl.ac.be
Mon Mar 26 16:19:27 EDT 2007


Dear all,

Do any of you have a suggestion as to the 
origins of the phrase "short-termism" in economic 
litterature?

as well as to the types of economic literatures 
that look at it -- the literature on the social 
discount rate is one. Other literatures?

Many thanks in advance,

Axel Gosseries



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