Altruism causes its object to underproduce, meaning that the total value added in the economy is lower than it could be.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism] Reference

Sometimes I overproduce, sometimes I underproduce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cherie Priest » Blog Archive » July 7, 2007] Reference

The obvious answer is that evil corporations purposefully underproduce to keep prices too high for hard work middle class families.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Price and Value] Reference

"As long as we cynically underproduce doctors and nurses in this country, the world's poorest countries will pay the price," he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

As a result of these basic facts, producers of information operating entirely in a free market will always underproduce because they can never recover the full value of what they produce through the market alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter M. Shane: We Need Your Input on Community Information Needs] Reference

Willis McGahee: Convinces industrial sector to follow his example and underproduce waste.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kissing Suzy Kolber] Reference

'We need to change the global financial system and the way it operates today, when we Americans overconsume and underproduce, and the Chinese and the Japanese overproduce and underconsume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Paradigms] Reference