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A phrase used by De Quincey, Mill, and others, to denote a condition which must be superadded to utility in order that there should exist value in exchange.
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Edgeworth, F.Y. (2018). Difficulty of Attainment. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_367
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