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HES: QUERY -- neuter goods
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[log in to unmask] (Barkley Rosser)
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Fri Mar 31 17:18:58 2006
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I am wondering if anybody knows the origin of the term "neuter good." It appears in at
least one context that I am aware of to refer to a good that has zero marginal utility. Is
anyone out there aware of this usage or its history?
 
Thanks in advance. 
Barkley Rosser 
 
 
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