inelastic

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When demand is inelastic and the social value of consumption is neutral or positive, it doesn’t pay to enforce prohibition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s about structural supply constraints meeting inelastic industrial demand.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

I’m also positive on Vital Farms, the market leader in pasture-raised eggs—an inelastic product at grocery stores.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

In fact, our working paper suggests that prison demand is not only inelastic but drives incarceration, not the other way around.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah