Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services and with the theory and management of economies or economic systems.
- noun Economic matters, especially relevant financial considerations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of household or domestic management.
- noun The science which treats of wealth, its production, distribution, etc.; political economy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
- noun Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under
Political .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun social sciences The study of
resource allocation ,distribution andconsumption ; ofcapital andinvestment ; and ofmanagement of the factors ofproduction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Etymologies
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Ron Chusid: vulcanhamm er, "you obviously don't understand basic economics but you were a supporter of Austrian economics& #8221; Spoken like a true religious zealot when their beliefs are ...
Liberal Values 2009
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Ron Chusid: vulcanhamm er, "you obviously don't understand basic economics but you were a supporter of Austrian economics& #8221; Spoken like a true religious zealot when their beliefs are ...
Liberal Values 2009
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Lay received both his bachelor and master degrees in economics from the University of Missouri.
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Mathematical rigor in economics is not a reliable predictor of human action.
The Math Bubble, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He has a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ein brings his can-do attitude (and Serena) to pro tennis team 2009
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From this episode to the last, the instruction in economics is generous and most of the time enthralling — a feeling not often connected with economics instruction, but there it is.
The 7 Ages of Hollywood Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010
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Defining such a range in economics is difficult, because many of the systems (read: institutions, however defined) that are of interest to economists have their own unique parameters that may not be shared with other systems.
Douglass North, On One Foot, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One of the most interesting questions in economics is why we are so wealthy today compared to our ancestors of 200 years ago and our contemporaries in underdeveloped countries.
On heterodox Economics and Innovation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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More to the point of the post, behavioral economics is not more than efforts to incorporate into economic analysis some of the insights of psychology (which are extremely well established) and criticisms from philosophy of economics from the last 30 years.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Further to Andrew Ferguson on Behavioral Economics 2010
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George Borjas, the most academically reputable critic of immigration in economics, is now blogging.
Borjas: What's His Problem?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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