economics

social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
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economics

Summary

economics is an academic discipline[1]. economics ranks in the top 1% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,026 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • economics's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • economics's instance of is recorded as academic major[4].
  • economics's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • economics is associated with the classical economics movement[6].
  • economics is associated with the Austrian school movement[7].
  • economics is associated with the mercantilism movement[8].
  • economics is associated with the Marxism movement[9].
  • economics is associated with the economics of conventions movement[10].
  • economics is associated with the New Keynesian economics movement[11].
  • economics is a type of social science[12].
  • economics is part of economic and social sciences[13].
  • economics is part of social science[14].
  • economics's Commons category is recorded as Economics[15].
  • economics comprises microeconomics[16].
  • economics comprises macroeconomics[17].
  • economics comprises econometrics[18].
  • economics comprises public economics[19].
  • economics comprises education economics[20].
  • economics comprises labour economics[21].
  • economics comprises development economics[22].
  • economics comprises international economics[23].
  • economics comprises environmental economics[24].
  • economics comprises institutional economics[25].
  • economics comprises industrial organization[26].
  • economics comprises health economics[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], academic major[4], and field of study[5]. economics is a type of social science[12].

Use and Application

Components include microeconomics[16], a theory[28]; macroeconomics[17], a theory[29]; econometrics[18], an academic discipline[30]; public economics[19], an academic discipline[31]; education economics[20], an academic discipline[32]; and labour economics[21], an academic discipline[33]. Part of include economic and social sciences[13], an academic discipline[34] and social science[14], a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[35].

Movements and Schools

Movements include classical economics[6], Austrian school[7], mercantilism[8], Marxism[9], economics of conventions[10], and New Keynesian economics[11].

Influence

Things named for economics include Reaganomics[36], an economic policy[37], in United States[38] and Wikinomics[39], a literary work[40], founded in 2006[41], written by Don Tapscott[42].

Why It Matters

economics ranks in the top 1% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,026 views/month).[2] economics has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] economics is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for economics include Reaganomics[36], an economic policy[37], in United States[38] and Wikinomics[39], a literary work[40], founded in 2006[41], written by Don Tapscott[42].

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  1. [3] . Q1227538. Retrieved . masterstudies.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . JEL classification codes. aeaweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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