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n. - The property of adhesion

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  • It seems to me there's a certain "stickiness" to academic economists 'thinking about outsourcing's impact.
  • Market forces will squeeze profit margins, but the long-term stickiness of MMOs and the added profits makes the completely detached business suits see green only.
  • And then there is the matter of the "stickiness" - of keeping people using Google because they keep their email there.
  • As Daniel Davies wrote: The effect of nominal wage stickiness is a very small part of what’s bad about deflation.
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