Trending Economic Concepts in Brazil — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economic concepts on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Portuguese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: businessperson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
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businessperson
person involved in activities for the purpose of generating revenue
3,944
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2
entrepreneurship
creation or extraction of economic value
1,785
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3
inflation
rise in price level in an economy over time
1,313
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4
insolvency
state of being unable to pay the debts at maturity by a person or company
1,179
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5
autarky
characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to political states or to their economic systems
842
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6
price
quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services; the proposed value for such a quantity as proposed by the seller
822
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7
investment
commitment of resources to achieve later benefits
783
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8
work
activities performed as a means of support
676
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9
service
economic product that directly satisfies wants without producing a lasting asset
675
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10
credit
loan
645
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11
trade unionism
part of the workers movement to protect and gain rights through collective organisation
641
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12
product
anything that can be offered to a market
627
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13
lucre
monetary gain; synonym of profit
580
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14
monopoly
market structure with a single firm dominating the market
562
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15
tertiary sector of the economy
service sector, as opposed to raw materials & manufacturing
527
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16
free market
form of market-based economy
468
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17
cash flow
movement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product
455
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18
monetary cost
value of money that has been used up to produce something
453
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19
commodity
fungible item produced to satisfy wants or needs
439
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20
means of production
reference to physical, non-human inputs used in production to produce wealth
423
views
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21
mode of production
Marxist term for way of producing goods
392
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22
workforce
members of a particular organization or population who are able or eligible to work; labour pool in employment; it may also mean all those who are available for work
388
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23
economic competition
rivalry between firms; ability of companies to take each others' market share in a given market
361
views
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24
income distribution
manner in which a nation’s total GDP is distributed amongst its population
349
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25
Pareto efficiency
economic concept of a state in which no reallocation of resources can make everyone at least as well off
292
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26
capital
assets used for the production of goods and services
266
views
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27
supply
in economics, the amount of a good that sellers are willing to provide in the market
250
views
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28
non-renewable resource
class of economic resources that natural processes do not readily replenish at practical rates
243
views
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29
scarcity
fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants
241
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30
secondary sector of the economy
industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction
240
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31
conspicuous consumption
concept in sociology and economy
232
views
views
32
demand
in economics, the market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to purchase a good or service, measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point
229
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33
degrowth
economic thinking questioning the benefits and sustainability of economic growth
229
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34
housing
houses or buildings for sheltering people
227
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35
commercial broadcasting
practice of airing radio and television advertisements for profit
226
views
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36
public expenditure
spending made by the government of a country
225
views
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37
comparative advantage
in economics, the advantage one has over others in producing a particular good due to a lower relative marginal cost prior to trade
218
views
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38
economic sector
conceptual grouping of economic activities
218
views
views
39
opportunity cost
when presented with multiple opportunities, the cost of making a certain choice in comparison to its alternatives
216
views
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40
herd behavior
how individuals in a group can act collectively without centralized direction
213
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41
adult education
form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling
207
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42
distribution of wealth
spread of wealth in a society
195
views
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43
marginalism
concept in economics
195
views
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44
floating exchange rate
regime in which a currency's value is set by market
194
views
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45
wage labor
relationship where a worker sells labour to an employer
192
views
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46
value chain
functions of a company affecting its costs and quality and give it a competitive advantage
190
views
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47
labour power
key concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy
185
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48
circular economy
regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emissions, and energy leakage, are minimised
172
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49
input
concept in economy of production
168
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50
consumer behavior
activities of individuals, groups, and organizations associated with the purchase, use and disposal of goods and services
166
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51
competitiveness
economic competitiveness
166
views
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52
government debt
total financial liabilities of a government sector, accumulated through borrowing to cover past deficits when expenditures exceed revenues; may be owed to domestic or foreign creditors and forms part of a country's external debt when held abroad
164
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53
operating cost
ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system
157
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54
human capital
knowledge, skills, training and similar concepts, in economics
147
views
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55
agricultural extension
farm efficiency through education
142
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56
self-sufficiency
state of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others
141
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57
Homo economicus
concept in many economic theories of humans as rational and narrowly self-interested actors who have the ability to make judgments toward their subjectively defined ends
139
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58
share capital
portion of a company's equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash
136
views
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59
cocoa farming
agricultural development of cocoa for making chocolate
135
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60
derivative
financial instrument whose value is based on one or more underlying assets
135
views
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61
utility
concept in economics & game theory: a relative measure of happiness or satisfaction
124
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62
real estate appraisal
process of valuing real property
119
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63
distribution
economical term
117
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64
standard of living
level of ownership and consumption of goods and services
117
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65
capital expenditure
costs associated with the procurement and maintenance of, and improvements to, the fixed assets of an organisation
110
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66
financialization
use and increased use of finance and financial instruments at the expense of production processes
110
views
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67
lease
business contract between two parties, the lessor (owner) and lessee (user), for use of property
107
views
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68
marginal propensity to consume
metric in economics
106
views
views
69
efficient-market hypothesis
economic theory that asset prices fully reflect all available information, so that it is impossible to "beat the market" consistently on a risk-adjusted basis
104
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70
economies of scale
cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size, throughput, or scale of operation
101
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71
Gresham's law
monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"
99
views
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72
markup
ratio of the cost of a good or service and its selling price
98
views
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73
label
material affixed to a container or article with printed or engraved information that allows identification and recognition of features such as weight and price
90
views
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74
agio
term used in commerce for exchange rate, discount or premium
84
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75
spread
difference between prices quoted for buying and selling a financial security
83
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76
tax incidence
analysis of the effect of a particular tax on the distribution of economic welfare
83
views
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77
sericulture
process of silk production
81
views
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78
surplus
monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction
80
views
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79
transaction cost
cost incurred in making an economic exchange
77
views
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80
economic value
measure of the benefit provided by a good or service to an economic agent
74
views
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81
market share
relative market adoption
72
views
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82
demographic economics
application of economic analysis to demography
71
views
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83
principal–agent problem
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
71
views
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84
economic profit
concept in economics
71
views
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85
financial transaction
agreement, or communication, carried out between a buyer and a seller to exchange an asset for payment
67
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86
economic loss
negative difference between revenues and costs
67
views
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87
moral hazard
in economics, situation creating an incentive to take more risk (or otherwise change one's behavior) when another party will bear the costs
67
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88
wastewater treatment
converting wastewater into an effluent for return to the water cycle
66
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89
post-capitalism
economic concept including proposals for a new economic system to replace capitalism, or otherwise speculate on the fate of the current form of the socio-economic order
66
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90
energy flow
flow of energy through a food chain, and is the focus of study in ecological energetics
65
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91
defense spending
the amount of financial resources dedicated by a nation to raising and maintaining an armed forces
61
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92
production system
system typically used in operations management, industrial engineering or creation of commercial products
60
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93
bounded rationality
the idea that rationality is limited by the tractability of the decision problem, the cognitive limitations of the mind, and the time available to make the decision
60
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94
steady-state economy
economy made up of constant physical wealth and population size
59
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95
market concentration
function of the number of firms and their respective shares of the total production in a market
58
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96
Deficit pubblico
failure to cover part of budget expenses in income
57
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97
fungibility
property of a good whose individual units are essentially interchangeable
54
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98
retail banking
provision of services by a bank to individual consumers
51
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99
goods and services
outcome of human efforts to meet the wants and needs of people
50
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100
vendor lock-in
dependency of customers on a vendor for products
47
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