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Giffen goods

Gif·fen goods [ gíffən gdz ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. inferior goods: goods of low quality on which people on low incomes spend a disproportionate amount of their income, and which typically experience a fall in demand when people's incomes rise

[Early 20th century. After the 19th century English economist Sir Robert Giffen, who developed the notion]
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