# loss (economic)

When a thing that was here is not here after, there is a difference.

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: emergencelexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** A change makes the thing not here and the difference records that the before and after are not the same.

**Novel properties:**
- absence
- reduction
- non‑presence

## Examples
- The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers erased $630 billion in market value within days. *(economics)*
- The Aral Sea shrank by 90% after Soviet irrigation projects diverted its tributaries. *(environment)*
- The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster disabled 4.7 gigawatts of generating capacity. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [cost](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cost.economic) (L8)
- [death](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-death.biological) (L16)
- [insurance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insurance.financial) (L18)
- [lost](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lost.state) (L3)
- [protection](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-protection.security) (L16)
- [risk](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-risk.uncertainty) (L4)
- [save](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-save.preservation) (L6)

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