| In some cases, environmental preferability could override cost concerns, giving the advantage to the greener product. |
| The traditional socialist emphasis on egalitarianism suggests the preferability of equal distribution of social dividend as a lump sum subsidy paid to each household. |
| A theoretical case for the preferability of a retail sales tax can be made on the basis of the fact that consumption is the purpose of an economy. |
| There is still no general consensus about the preferability of paper to plastic. |
