economics

social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
Class type of: social science Q8134
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Summary

economics is an academic discipline[1]. economics is a type of social science[2].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic major[3], field of study[4]
  • Movement: classical economics[5], Austrian school[6], mercantilism[7], Marxism[8], economics of conventions[9], New Keynesian economics[10]
  • Part of: economic and social sciences[11], social science[12]
  • Has part(s): microeconomics[13], macroeconomics[14], econometrics[15], public economics[16], education economics[17], labour economics[18], development economics[19], international economics[20], environmental economics[21], institutional economics[22], industrial organization[23], health economics[24], economic history[25], organizational economics[26]
  • Described by source: Lean Logic[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[31], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[32], Khan Academy[33], American Economic Association Resources for Students[34], University at Buffalo Department of Economics About[35], Wikidata item[36], Cambridge English–Italian Dictionary[37]
  • Topic has template: Template:Economics[38], Template:Economics sidebar[39], Template: Economics[40]
  • Has characteristic: economics terminology[41], faculty of economics[42], economics award[43]
  • Different from: economy[44], economic activity[45], Austrian school[46], business studies[47]

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Influence

Things named for economics include Reaganomics[48], an economic policy[49], in United States[50] and Wikinomics[51], a literary work[52], founded in 2006[53], written by Don Tapscott[54].

Why It Matters

Entities named for economics include Reaganomics[48], an economic policy[49], in United States[50] and Wikinomics[51], a literary work[52], founded in 2006[53], written by Don Tapscott[54].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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