economic rent
noun
: the return for the use of a factor in excess of the minimum required to bring forth its service
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The firms that apply AI to real, valuable problems will extract significant economic rent.
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Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Instead, private ambitions to gain power and control over public resources and economic rents drive conflicts among the elite.
—Ali Reza Eshraghi, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
Because so much of CEOs’ income constitutes economic rent, there would be no adverse impact on the economy’s output or on employment if CEOs earned less or were taxed more.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
Thus, the East India Company acquired by accident the ultimate economic rent — a secure, unearned income stream.
—Iain Murray, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019
Daniel Leff: In media and entertainment, there’s changing consumer behaviors, and incumbents are stuck with the gravitational pull of legacy behaviors, trying to protect historic excessive economic rent.
—Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 5 Dec. 2017
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Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Instead, private ambitions to gain power and control over public resources and economic rents drive conflicts among the elite.
—Ali Reza Eshraghi, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
Because so much of CEOs’ income constitutes economic rent, there would be no adverse impact on the economy’s output or on employment if CEOs earned less or were taxed more.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
Thus, the East India Company acquired by accident the ultimate economic rent — a secure, unearned income stream.
—Iain Murray, National Review, 2 Nov. 2019
Daniel Leff: In media and entertainment, there’s changing consumer behaviors, and incumbents are stuck with the gravitational pull of legacy behaviors, trying to protect historic excessive economic rent.
—Joe Pompeo, The Hive, 5 Dec. 2017
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“Economic rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/economic%20rent. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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