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disequilibrium
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disequilibrium /dis·equi·lib·ri·um/ (dis-e″kwĭ-lib´re-um) dysequilibrium.
linkage disequilibrium  the occurrence in a population of two linked alleles at a frequency higher or lower than expected on the basis of the gene frequencies of the individual genes.

dis·e·qui·lib·ri·um (ds-kw-lbr-m, -kw-)
n.
Loss or lack of stability or equilibrium.

Disequilibrium
Difficulty with equilibrium that can mean a deficiency in balance and/or orientation.

disequilibrium
[disē′kwilib′rē·əm]
Etymology: L, dis, apart, aequilibrium
the loss of balance or adjustment, particularly mental or psychologic balance.

disequilibrium [dis″e-kwĭ-lib´re-um]
dialysis disequilibrium dialysis dysequilibrium syndrome.

disequilibrium
unstable equilibrium.


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But I suspect demanding economic equilibrium is easier said than done.
The huge jump in personal consumption and in house prices in the 2000s, and the consequent rundown in personal savings, did not represent, in any way, an optimum economic equilibrium.
The only way to approach economic equilibrium (and a truly free market) is to favor an ownership society where the means of production are widely distributed--what Belloc and Chesterton called distributism.
 
 
 
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