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cobweb theory

cob·web the·o·ry


noun 
Definition:
 
theory of fluctuating agricultural prices: the idea that prices of agricultural products are inherently unstable and move away from and then toward an equilibrium point

[Because a supply-and-demand graph of the prices looks like a cobweb]
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