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The '''long run''' is a term in [[economics]] for the distant future.  Long run costs for a seller include building factories, buying new equipment, and hiring new employees.
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In [[economics]], the '''long run''' refers to the timeframe in which all [[factors of production]] are variable. It is most frequently compared with the [[short run]], in which at least one factor of production is fixed, or the market timeframe, in which all factors are fixed.  
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Economist [[John Maynard Keynes]] famously quipped, "Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead."[http://www.bartleby.com/66/8/32508.html]
      
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