Trending Economic Concepts in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economic concepts on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: capital expenditure. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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capital expenditure
costs associated with the procurement and maintenance of, and improvements to, the fixed assets of an organisation
709
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businessperson
person involved in activities for the purpose of generating revenue
708
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inflation
rise in price level in an economy over time
683
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4
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
530
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work
activities performed as a means of support
496
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6
economic sector
conceptual grouping of economic activities
391
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7
trade unionism
part of the workers movement to protect and gain rights through collective organisation
386
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8
degrowth
economic thinking questioning the benefits and sustainability of economic growth
352
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9
tertiary sector of the economy
service sector, as opposed to raw materials & manufacturing
338
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10
sericulture
process of silk production
294
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11
trading venue
highly organized trading market
293
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12
circular economy
regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emissions, and energy leakage, are minimised
248
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13
autarky
characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to political states or to their economic systems
229
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14
entrepreneurship
creation or extraction of economic value
229
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15
Pareto efficiency
economic concept of a state in which no reallocation of resources can make everyone at least as well off
223
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16
capital
assets used for the production of goods and services
220
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17
value chain
functions of a company affecting its costs and quality and give it a competitive advantage
189
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18
hardware store
store that sells household hardware for home improvement
188
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19
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
180
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20
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
175
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21
service
economic product that directly satisfies wants without producing a lasting asset
172
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22
opportunity cost
when presented with multiple opportunities, the cost of making a certain choice in comparison to its alternatives
166
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23
wastewater treatment
converting wastewater into an effluent for return to the water cycle
161
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24
supply
in economics, the amount of a good that sellers are willing to provide in the market
156
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25
tropical fruit
fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates
154
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26
monetary cost
value of money that has been used up to produce something
142
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27
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
141
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28
monopoly
market structure with a single firm dominating the market
141
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29
investment
commitment of resources to achieve later benefits
137
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30
snake in the tunnel
Prototype of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
135
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31
herd behavior
how individuals in a group can act collectively without centralized direction
135
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32
wage labor
relationship where a worker sells labour to an employer
129
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33
credit
loan
129
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34
derivative
financial instrument whose value is based on one or more underlying assets
128
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35
economic competition
rivalry between firms; ability of companies to take each others' market share in a given market
123
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36
means of production
reference to physical, non-human inputs used in production to produce wealth
120
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37
sale
exchange of goods for money over a targeted time period
119
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38
ecosystem service
benefits created by nature, forests and environmental systems
115
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39
economies of scale
cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size, throughput, or scale of operation
113
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40
creditor
person or organization that has a right to a benefit
105
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41
human capital
knowledge, skills, training and similar concepts, in economics
103
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42
conspicuous consumption
concept in sociology and economy
103
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43
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
102
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44
secondary sector of the economy
industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction
101
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45
marginalism
concept in economics
101
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46
economic indicator
measure, which allows statements about the economic situation in general of national economies
91
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47
Gresham's law
monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"
90
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48
non-renewable resource
class of economic resources that natural processes do not readily replenish at practical rates
88
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49
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
82
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50
economic value
measure of the benefit provided by a good or service to an economic agent
81
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51
economic profit
concept in economics
78
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52
Social VAT
earmarking of VAT revenues for social security
78
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53
history of trade
aspect of history
77
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54
share capital
portion of a company's equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash
76
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55
standard of living
level of ownership and consumption of goods and services
76
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56
market share
relative market adoption
75
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57
current account
concept in international economics
74
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58
self-sufficiency
state of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others
73
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59
working capital
financial metric
73
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60
public expenditure
spending made by the government of a country
72
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61
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
71
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62
overconsumption
situation where consumers overuse their available goods and services to where they do not want to replenish or reuse them and use of it outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem; is not necessary to have a single unifying definition
70
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social security benefits
70
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64
principal–agent problem
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
68
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65
commodity
fungible item produced to satisfy wants or needs
66
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66
cash flow
movement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product
65
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social metabolism
study of materials and energy flows between nature and society
64
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68
fungibility
property of a good whose individual units are essentially interchangeable
62
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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
60
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war reparations
compensation payments made after a war by the vanquished to the victors
58
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71
floating exchange rate
regime in which a currency's value is set by market
57
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72
defense spending
the amount of financial resources dedicated by a nation to raising and maintaining an armed forces
55
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73
retail banking
provision of services by a bank to individual consumers
55
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74
free market
form of market-based economy
54
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75
reimbursement
act of compensating someone for an out-of-pocket expense
54
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76
spread
difference between prices quoted for buying and selling a financial security
52
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77
markup
ratio of the cost of a good or service and its selling price
51
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78
absolute advantage
economic concept
48
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79
arbitrage
capitalisation of risk-free opportunities in financial markets
47
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80
distribution of wealth
spread of wealth in a society
46
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81
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
45
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82
mode of production
Marxist term for way of producing goods
45
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83
utility
concept in economics & game theory: a relative measure of happiness or satisfaction
44
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84
commodities market
market for raw or primary commodities
42
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85
insolvency
state of being unable to pay the debts at maturity by a person or company
42
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86
competitiveness
economic competitiveness
40
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87
goods and services
outcome of human efforts to meet the wants and needs of people
40
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88
scarcity
fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants
39
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89
conjuncture
39
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90
energy returned on energy invested
ratio of acquired energy to the amount of energy spent to obtain this energy
38
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91
surplus
monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction
37
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92
capital flight
economic event
36
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93
Debt monetization
government finance
36
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94
labour power
key concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy
36
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95
vehicle insurance
type of insurance
35
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96
Energy Slave
33
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97
electricity market
for trading electrical power
32
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98
overproduction
excess of supply over demand of products being offered to an economic market
32
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99
marginal propensity to consume
metric in economics
32
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100
vendor lock-in
dependency of customers on a vendor for products
31
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