Subsidy
noun
Money given by a government or organization to support an activity or lower the price of something.
Farmers receive a subsidy to compensate for the low prices of crop.
Often appears as...
- government subsidy
- agricultural subsidy
noun
A sum of money given to reduce the cost of producing goods, so they can be sold at a lower price.
The government granted a subsidy to the steel industry to prevent job losses.
Often appears as...
- production subsidy
- industrial subsidy
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Technical
noun
Money given by a government or organization to support an activity or lower the price of something.
Farmers receive a subsidy to compensate for the low prices of crop.
Often appears as...
- government subsidy
- agricultural subsidy
noun
A sum of money given to reduce the cost of producing goods, so they can be sold at a lower price.
The government granted a subsidy to the steel industry to prevent job losses.
Often appears as...
- production subsidy
- industrial subsidy
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Government Assistance
Subsidy often implies financial help from government bodies to support certain sectors or products.
The electric car industry is growing, thanks to a government subsidy.
Pro Tip 2/3Price Reduction
Subsidies are used to decrease the cost of goods or services, making them more affordable.
With the new subsidy, public transport fares were lowered significantly.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Stability
Subsidies can be a tool to stabilize markets and ensure steady supply in essential sectors.
During the drought, a subsidy helped stabilize grain prices.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Assistance
Subsidy often implies financial help from government bodies to support certain sectors or products.
The electric car industry is growing, thanks to a government subsidy.
Pro Tip 2/3Price Reduction
Subsidies are used to decrease the cost of goods or services, making them more affordable.
With the new subsidy, public transport fares were lowered significantly.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Stability
Subsidies can be a tool to stabilize markets and ensure steady supply in essential sectors.
During the drought, a subsidy helped stabilize grain prices.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Assistance
Subsidy often implies financial help from government bodies to support certain sectors or products.
The electric car industry is growing, thanks to a government subsidy.
Pro Tip 2/3Price Reduction
Subsidies are used to decrease the cost of goods or services, making them more affordable.
With the new subsidy, public transport fares were lowered significantly.
Pro Tip 3/3Economic Stability
Subsidies can be a tool to stabilize markets and ensure steady supply in essential sectors.
During the drought, a subsidy helped stabilize grain prices.
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask, what do you think are the biggest things?
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Why is it so hard to...
and they usually take the form of government-provided subsidies for housing, food, energy, and healthcare. Typically, these programs are means-tested, meaning that only people who fall below a certain income level are eligible for benefits. This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most.
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What’s the best fuel for...
and heavy subsidies for the producers of fossil fuels, mean that almost every green technology is more expensive than its fossil-fuel-based cousin. This cost difference is known as a green premium. Governments have already started subsidizing electric vehicles to help make up the difference.
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Fragile Cork Forest...
woodland once surrounded the abandoned farmstead probably cleared during the 1980s when EU subsidies encouraged to switch to more intensive crops like maize at the same time wine drinking was becoming more and more popular with a corresponding increase in demand for
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A new way to remove CO2...
as a global society. We could have all of the clever thinking and technology in the world, but it's not going to be enough in order for this technology to have a significant impact on climate. We really need regulation, we need subsidies, taxes on carbon.
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Remove the Dams to Save...
the time simply to remove that subsidy but and you'll find the wheat growers doing very well a dam is a means to an end and we've got it the other way around now we look at them as in states they built they're there they're going to stay there forever
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Economics of climate...
estimate that today the world pays a hundred and one billion dollars in subsidies to green energy but in a generations time the bill is not going to go down we will owe two hundred and twenty three billion dollars per year in
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
And as a result of this illiteracy, those few who do understand how power operates in civic life, those who understand how a bill becomes a law, yes, but also how a friendship becomes a subsidy,
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We need nuclear power to...
so that they can enjoy the kind of life, again, that we take for granted. And third, it had to be cost-effective without subsidy or without mandate. It had to stand on its own two feet;
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Yuval Noah Harari: The...
Such examples can be multiplied. But you get the picture. The money is there. Of course, collecting taxes, stopping food wastage and slashing subsidies is easier said than done,
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Bjorn Lomborg: Global...
financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, population migration, sanitation and water, and subsidies and trade barriers. We believe that these in many ways encompass the biggest problems in the world. The obvious question would be to ask, what do you think are the biggest things?
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
and they usually take the form of government-provided subsidies for housing, food, energy, and healthcare. Typically, these programs are means-tested, meaning that only people who fall below a certain income level are eligible for benefits. This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most.
Video examples
What’s the best fuel for...
and heavy subsidies for the producers of fossil fuels, mean that almost every green technology is more expensive than its fossil-fuel-based cousin. This cost difference is known as a green premium. Governments have already started subsidizing electric vehicles to help make up the difference.
Video examples
Fragile Cork Forest...
woodland once surrounded the abandoned farmstead probably cleared during the 1980s when EU subsidies encouraged to switch to more intensive crops like maize at the same time wine drinking was becoming more and more popular with a corresponding increase in demand for
Video examples
A new way to remove CO2...
as a global society. We could have all of the clever thinking and technology in the world, but it's not going to be enough in order for this technology to have a significant impact on climate. We really need regulation, we need subsidies, taxes on carbon.
Video examples
Remove the Dams to Save...
the time simply to remove that subsidy but and you'll find the wheat growers doing very well a dam is a means to an end and we've got it the other way around now we look at them as in states they built they're there they're going to stay there forever
Video examples
Economics of climate...
estimate that today the world pays a hundred and one billion dollars in subsidies to green energy but in a generations time the bill is not going to go down we will owe two hundred and twenty three billion dollars per year in
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
And as a result of this illiteracy, those few who do understand how power operates in civic life, those who understand how a bill becomes a law, yes, but also how a friendship becomes a subsidy,
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We need nuclear power to...
so that they can enjoy the kind of life, again, that we take for granted. And third, it had to be cost-effective without subsidy or without mandate. It had to stand on its own two feet;
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari: The...
Such examples can be multiplied. But you get the picture. The money is there. Of course, collecting taxes, stopping food wastage and slashing subsidies is easier said than done,
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Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
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Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.
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Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
Sure, food stamps are occasionally misused, but anyone familiar with business knows that the abuse of food subsidies is far greater in the corporate suite. Every time an executive wines and dines a hot date on the corporate dime, the average taxpayer helps foot the bill.
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Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
Obamacare's costly regulations mean that the mix of people who sign up are tending to be older and sicker. Many young and otherwise healthy individuals continue to be priced out of the exchanges, even after the benefit of federal subsidies are baked into their costs.
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Michael Moss
American Journalist
The playing field is anything but level when you walk into the grocery store. So much government subsidy goes into processed foods. Even when you're well-meaning as a parent or a shopper for yourself, you can't help but be pulled toward the highly processed food.
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Bill McKibben
American Environmentalist
We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.
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Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
Well-designed subsidies help the poor make the best of whatever opportunities they have; poorly designed ones either do very little or actually make things worse for them.
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Stephen Pagliuca
American Businessman
The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes, because we really need to raise more revenue.
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Uday Kotak
Indian Businessman
The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced.
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Jeff Goodell
American Author
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy.
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Zac Goldsmith
British Politician
While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market.
Quote examples
Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.
Quote examples
Nicholas Kristof
American Journalist
Sure, food stamps are occasionally misused, but anyone familiar with business knows that the abuse of food subsidies is far greater in the corporate suite. Every time an executive wines and dines a hot date on the corporate dime, the average taxpayer helps foot the bill.
Quote examples
Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
Obamacare's costly regulations mean that the mix of people who sign up are tending to be older and sicker. Many young and otherwise healthy individuals continue to be priced out of the exchanges, even after the benefit of federal subsidies are baked into their costs.
Quote examples
Michael Moss
American Journalist
The playing field is anything but level when you walk into the grocery store. So much government subsidy goes into processed foods. Even when you're well-meaning as a parent or a shopper for yourself, you can't help but be pulled toward the highly processed food.
Quote examples
Bill McKibben
American Environmentalist
We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.
Quote examples
Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
Well-designed subsidies help the poor make the best of whatever opportunities they have; poorly designed ones either do very little or actually make things worse for them.
Quote examples
Stephen Pagliuca
American Businessman
The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to - to corporate loopholes, because we really need to raise more revenue.
Quote examples
Uday Kotak
Indian Businessman
The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced.
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Jeff Goodell
American Author
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy.
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