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parable of the broken window

parable by French economist Frédéric Bastiat
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parable of the broken window

Summary

parable of the broken window is a parable[1]. It draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (parable category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • parable of the broken window authored Frédéric Bastiat[3].
  • parable of the broken window's instance of is recorded as parable[4].
  • parable of the broken window's movement is recorded as Austrian school[5].
  • parable of the broken window's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014ntk[6].
  • parable of the broken window's main subject is recorded as opportunity cost[7].
  • parable of the broken window's main subject is recorded as zero-sum thinking[8].
  • parable of the broken window's main subject is recorded as fallacy[9].
  • parable of the broken window's different from is recorded as broken windows theory[10].
  • parable of the broken window's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 149037[11].

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Works and Contributions

parable of the broken window authored Frédéric Bastiat[3].

Why It Matters

parable of the broken window draws 280 Wikipedia views per month (parable category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Frédéric Bastiat

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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