Trending Economic Concepts of all time
The 100 most-viewed economic concepts of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: product.
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product
anything that can be offered to a market
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businessperson
person involved in activities for the purpose of generating revenue
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means of production
reference to physical, non-human inputs used in production to produce wealth
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tropical fruit
fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates
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standard of living
level of ownership and consumption of goods and services
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hedge
investment position intended to offset potential losses or gains that may be incurred by a companion investment
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fungibility
property of a good whose individual units are essentially interchangeable
1,083
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exploration–exploitation dilemma
decision-making tradeoff between relying on current best estimates and seeking more information
1,053
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vehicle insurance
type of insurance
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commercial broadcasting
practice of airing radio and television advertisements for profit
779
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value chain
functions of a company affecting its costs and quality and give it a competitive advantage
770
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inflation
rise in price level in an economy over time
600
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stock and flow
in economics and finance, a quantity measured over an interval of time
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autarky
characteristic of self-sufficiency, usually applied to political states or to their economic systems
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income distribution
manner in which a nation’s total GDP is distributed amongst its population
487
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economic stagnation
prolonged period of slow economic growth
457
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entrepreneurship
creation or extraction of economic value
425
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investment
commitment of resources to achieve later benefits
360
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social research
research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan
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capital account
concept in international economics
312
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derivative
financial instrument whose value is based on one or more underlying assets
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monopoly
market structure with a single firm dominating the market
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free market
form of market-based economy
262
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business service
subset of economic services, which are concerned about the building of service systems in order to deliver value to their customers
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distribution of wealth
spread of wealth in a society
221
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utility maximization problem
the fundamental optimization problem that economic agents face
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Pareto efficiency
economic concept of a state in which no reallocation of resources can make everyone at least as well off
205
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Gresham's law
monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"
202
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output
quantity of goods or services produced in a given time period, by a firm, industry, or country, whether consumed or used for further product
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capital
assets used for the production of goods and services
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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
155
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price mechanism
concept in economics
145
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world energy resources
estimated maximum capacity for energy production on Earth
143
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economies of scale
cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size, throughput, or scale of operation
138
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commodities market
trade with various types of energy on the energy market
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commitment device
way to lock oneself into following a plan of action that one might not want to do, but which one knows is good for oneself
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lease
business contract between two parties, the lessor (owner) and lessee (user), for use of property
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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
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output gap
difference between actual and potential GDP
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airport authority
independent entity charged with the operation and oversight of an airport or group of airports
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scarcity
fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants
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floating exchange rate
regime in which a currency's value is set by market
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economic profit
concept in economics
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Total addressable market
revenue opportunity available for a product or service
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entrepreneurship education
type of education
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contraband
item illegal to possess or sell because it is outlawed or was illegally obtained
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working capital
financial metric
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vendor lock-in
dependency of customers on a vendor for products
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spread
difference between prices quoted for buying and selling a financial security
65
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office of profit
a position that brings to the person holding it some financial gain, or advantage, or benefit
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hardware store
store that sells household hardware for home improvement
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retail banking
provision of services by a bank to individual consumers
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marginal rate of technical substitution
slope of the isoquant; amount by which the quantity of one input has to be reduced when one extra unit of another input is used, so that out
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irrational exuberance
unfounded market optimism that lacks fundamental valuation
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job embeddedness
the collection of forces that influence employee retention; distinguished from turnover in that its emphasis is on all of the factors that k
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self-sufficiency
state of being in which a person or organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others
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share capital
portion of a company's equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash
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Susu
Informal savings and credits scheme
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non-renewable resource
class of economic resources that natural processes do not readily replenish at practical rates
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efficient frontier
investment portfolios which occupy the 'efficient' parts of the risk-return spectrum;set of portfolios which satisfy the condition that no o
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financial transaction
agreement, or communication, carried out between a buyer and a seller to exchange an asset for payment
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creditor
person or organization that has a right to a benefit
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accounting equation
fundamental equation of the double-entry bookkeeping model
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platform economy
economic and social activity facilitated by platforms
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Knightian uncertainty
a lack of any quantifiable knowledge about some possible occurrence, as opposed to the presence of quantifiable risk, indicating some fundam
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surplus
monetary benefit that accrues to parties to an economic transaction
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capital flight
economic event
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property insurance
insurance that provides protection against most risks to property, such as fire, theft and some weather damage
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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 w
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core competency
concept in management theory of a harmonized combination of multiple resources and skills that distinguish a firm in the marketplace
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absolute advantage
economic concept
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electricity market
for trading electrical power
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Unequal exchange
term in Marxist economics
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operating cost
ongoing cost for running a product, business, or system
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low-income housing
government or non-profit housing (actual buildings or rental assistance)
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market impact
effect that a financial trade has on the market price
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in kind
goods, services, and transactions not involving money
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valorisation
increase in value of capital through labour in production
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cash and cash equivalents
highly liquid, short-term assets
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widget
abstract product or unit of production in economics
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disability benefits
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distribution
economical term
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social welfare function
function that ranks states of society according to their desirability
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business as usual
commercial operation
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Capital (marixian)
central concept in marxian critique of political economy
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Debt monetization
government finance
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energy returned on energy invested
ratio of acquired energy to the amount of energy spent to obtain this energy
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circulation
continued use of currency
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tourist destination
place attracting many tourists
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conspicuous leisure
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demand-pull inflation
type of inflation where aggregate demand increases faster than aggregate supply
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complementary good
economic concept of a good whose demand is directly tied to another good's demand
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industrial complex
economic concept
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global value chain
Economic activities to bring a product to market
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snake in the tunnel
Prototype of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
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utility function
economic concept
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constant and variable capital
components of productive capital in Marxian economics
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growth imperative
economic concept
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money pump
Economic thought experiment
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yield spread
difference in percentage rate of return of two instruments
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