Ersatz good

An ersatz good (German: [ɛɐ̯ˈzats] ^ⓘ) is a substitute good, especially one that is considered inferior to the good it replaces.^[1] It has particular connotations of wartime usage.

^ Mises, Ludwig von (1949). "War and Autarky". Human Action. A substitute is a good which is either less suitable or more expensive or both less suitable and more expensive than the proper good which it is designed to replace.

[1] Mises, Ludwig von (1949). "War and Autarky". Human Action. A substitute is a good which is either less suitable or more expensive or both less suitable and more expensive than the proper good which it is designed to replace.

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