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planned obsolescence: a standalone construct

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plannedobsolescence1 CONSTRUCTPlanned obsolescenceBULOW · ENVIRONMENTAL

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Environmental economics

deliberately making durable goods with shorter lives than technically possible so consumers replace them sooner.

In environmental economics, planned obsolescence refers to deliberately making durable goods with shorter lives than technically possible so consumers replace them sooner. This meaning comes from Bulow (1986) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.[1]

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  1. Bulow, J. (1986). An Economic Theory of Planned Obsolescence. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 101(4), 729. https://doi.org/10.2307/1884176

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