Microfoundation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A microeconomic foundation for a macroeconomic theory or system

    "But whether such microfoundations are necessary at all is not entirely clear."

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"But whether such microfoundations are necessary at all is not entirely clear."

Etymology

From micro- + foundation.

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