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That assumption that nothing else matters ceteris paribus is a REALLY big one in economics.

The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics: 2010

In economics, the term "ceteris paribus" is usually pronounced with a hard "c" and a long next "a": kay'tur-ees pah'ree-boos.

Comment of the Week, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I myself have been told I could have taken up any of the above professions successfully, save perhaps for football coach; and I suppose that, ceteris paribus, that is true.

Archive 2006-12-01 Mike L 2006

I myself have been told I could have taken up any of the above professions successfully, save perhaps for football coach; and I suppose that, ceteris paribus, that is true.

My Advent penance Mike L 2006

Ceteris paribus, people with no friends in a congregation are 7 percentage points more likely to switch congregations than someone with more than ten friends.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

February 10th, 2009 at 3: 04 pm if, ceteris paribus, they would rather live in Europe or Kentucky the overwhelming answer would be Europe.

Matthew Yglesias » McConnell Warns of American Dystopia — More Equality, Less Poverty, Longer Life Expectancy 2009

I bet if you asked people from Kentucky who had lived for even a short time in Europe as a student or even had spent some time in a major American city if, ceteris paribus, they would rather live in Europe or Kentucky the overwhelming answer would be Europe. richard Says:

Matthew Yglesias » McConnell Warns of American Dystopia — More Equality, Less Poverty, Longer Life Expectancy 2009

"Ceteris paribus, if State spending continues (deficit spending) as it has over the past decade neither the existing tax breaks or proposed will matter."

Did the Bush Tax Cut Fail?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

But, of course, the Law of Supply and Demand applies ceteris paribus (all else being equal).

Matthew Yglesias » Immigration and Low-Wage Workers 2010

If you import 20 million illiterate campesinos from Mexico and Guatemala, your per-capita GDP is going to go down, ceteris paribus.

Matthew Yglesias » If High Taxes Led to Growth, the Most-Taxed Countries on Earth Would Be the Richest; Which They Are 2009