Trending Economic Concepts in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed economic concepts on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: businessperson. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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60,372
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
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businessperson
person involved in activities for the purpose of generating revenue
3,749
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2
capital expenditure
costs associated with the procurement and maintenance of, and improvements to, the fixed assets of an organisation
2,805
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3
inflation
rise in price level in an economy over time
2,742
views
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4
work
activities performed as a means of support
2,242
views
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5
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
1,995
views
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6
economic sector
conceptual grouping of economic activities
1,933
views
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7
tertiary sector of the economy
service sector, as opposed to raw materials & manufacturing
1,462
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8
degrowth
economic thinking questioning the benefits and sustainability of economic growth
1,439
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9
trading venue
highly organized trading market
1,319
views
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10
entrepreneurship
creation or extraction of economic value
1,309
views
views
11
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
1,162
views
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12
Pareto efficiency
economic concept of a state in which no reallocation of resources can make everyone at least as well off
1,139
views
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13
sericulture
process of silk production
1,097
views
views
14
value chain
functions of a company affecting its costs and quality and give it a competitive advantage
1,076
views
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15
Social VAT
earmarking of VAT revenues for social security
985
views
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16
autarky
characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to political states or to their economic systems
956
views
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17
trade unionism
part of the workers movement to protect and gain rights through collective organisation
950
views
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18
service
economic product that directly satisfies wants without producing a lasting asset
876
views
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19
investment
commitment of resources to achieve later benefits
857
views
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20
capital
assets used for the production of goods and services
852
views
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21
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
822
views
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22
monopoly
market structure with a single firm dominating the market
805
views
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23
derivative
financial instrument whose value is based on one or more underlying assets
798
views
views
24
ecosystem service
benefits created by nature, forests and environmental systems
781
views
views
25
circular economy
regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emissions, and energy leakage, are minimised
756
views
views
26
opportunity cost
when presented with multiple opportunities, the cost of making a certain choice in comparison to its alternatives
752
views
views
27
credit
loan
690
views
views
28
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
689
views
views
29
wastewater treatment
converting wastewater into an effluent for return to the water cycle
662
views
views
30
hardware store
store that sells household hardware for home improvement
612
views
views
31
economic competition
rivalry between firms; ability of companies to take each others' market share in a given market
605
views
views
32
tropical fruit
fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates
593
views
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33
economies of scale
cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size, throughput, or scale of operation
560
views
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34
secondary sector of the economy
industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction
546
views
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35
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
540
views
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36
monetary cost
value of money that has been used up to produce something
533
views
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37
wage labor
relationship where a worker sells labour to an employer
528
views
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38
marginalism
concept in economics
526
views
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39
snake in the tunnel
Prototype of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
519
views
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40
conspicuous consumption
concept in sociology and economy
505
views
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41
human capital
knowledge, skills, training and similar concepts, in economics
499
views
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42
herd behavior
how individuals in a group can act collectively without centralized direction
469
views
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43
standard of living
level of ownership and consumption of goods and services
455
views
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44
creditor
person or organization that has a right to a benefit
445
views
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45
sale
exchange of goods for money over a targeted time period
414
views
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46
defense spending
the amount of financial resources dedicated by a nation to raising and maintaining an armed forces
409
views
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47
supply
in economics, the amount of a good that sellers are willing to provide in the market
401
views
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48
retail banking
provision of services by a bank to individual consumers
393
views
views
49
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
374
views
views
50
economic profit
concept in economics
373
views
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51
utility
concept in economics & game theory: a relative measure of happiness or satisfaction
361
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52
cash flow
movement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product
355
views
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53
history of trade
aspect of history
347
views
views
54
economic indicator
measure, which allows statements about the economic situation in general of national economies
347
views
views
55
commodity
fungible item produced to satisfy wants or needs
345
views
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56
market share
relative market adoption
344
views
views
57
working capital
financial metric
330
views
views
58
means of production
reference to physical, non-human inputs used in production to produce wealth
326
views
views
59
current account
concept in international economics
326
views
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60
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
323
views
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61
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
321
views
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62
Debt monetization
government finance
319
views
views
63
share capital
portion of a company's equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash
307
views
views
64
public expenditure
spending made by the government of a country
302
views
views
65
energy returned on energy invested
ratio of acquired energy to the amount of energy spent to obtain this energy
299
views
views
66
scarcity
fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants
299
views
views
67
economic value
measure of the benefit provided by a good or service to an economic agent
292
views
views
68
war reparations
compensation payments made after a war by the vanquished to the victors
290
views
views
69
free market
form of market-based economy
285
views
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70
non-renewable resource
class of economic resources that natural processes do not readily replenish at practical rates
274
views
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71
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
273
views
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72
markup
ratio of the cost of a good or service and its selling price
263
views
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73
floating exchange rate
regime in which a currency's value is set by market
258
views
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74
Gresham's law
monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"
255
views
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75
principal–agent problem
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
248
views
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76
arbitrage
capitalisation of risk-free opportunities in financial markets
244
views
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77
fungibility
property of a good whose individual units are essentially interchangeable
241
views
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78
mode of production
Marxist term for way of producing goods
230
views
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79
social security benefits
223
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80
self-sufficiency
state of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others
222
views
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81
electricity market
for trading electrical power
212
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82
financialization
use and increased use of finance and financial instruments at the expense of production processes
209
views
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83
office building
building which contains spaces mainly designed to be used for offices
205
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84
surplus
monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction
202
views
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85
efficiency wage
concept in economy that higher wages may increase the efficiency of the workers
188
views
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86
transaction cost
cost incurred in making an economic exchange
188
views
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87
absolute advantage
economic concept
179
views
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88
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
177
views
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89
commodities market
trade with various types of energy on the energy market
175
views
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90
Energy Slave
169
views
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91
vehicle insurance
type of insurance
168
views
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92
spread
difference between prices quoted for buying and selling a financial security
167
views
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93
goods and services
outcome of human efforts to meet the wants and needs of people
165
views
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94
marginal propensity to consume
metric in economics
163
views
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95
industry
group of firms that produce a closely related set of raw materials, goods, or services
163
views
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96
vendor lock-in
dependency of customers on a vendor for products
161
views
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97
Balanced budget
financial plan where revenues equal expenses
161
views
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98
insolvency
state of being unable to pay the debts at maturity by a person or company
160
views
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99
endogeneity
concept in econometrics
157
views
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100
labour power
key concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of capitalist political economy
155
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