The Emergence Machine

Demand

abstract · Economics · Level 13 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

demand emerges from market + quantity.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “demand” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L3L2L1L0DemandConsumerMarketConsumptionProductionPrincipalResourceWillGoodCausalityCellLive… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesProductL15DemandL13GoodL3WillL10ConsumerL12MarketL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Good L3 (requires)
    Demand refers to the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level in a market.
  • Will L10 (requires)
    Demand refers to the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level in a market.
  • Consumer L12 (requires) polysemous
    Demand refers to the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price level in a market.
  • Market L12 (definitional) Economics sense
    Market is part of the definition of demand.

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