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eco·nom·ics (ek′ə näm′iks, ē′kə-)
noun
- the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth, and with the various related problems of labor, finance, taxation, etc.
- economic factors
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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economics
n.
Terms relating to economic theories include: balance of trade, fair trade, free trade, trade deficit, Gresham's Law, bad money drives out good, laissez faire, law of supply and demand, supply and demand, theory of the marginal producer, Ricardian economics, Keynesian economics, Laffer Curve, supply-side economics, trickle-down theory, Reaganomics, doctrine of rents, sound money, cheap money, bimetallism, gold standard, fiat money, protective tariff, production for use, right to work, cost of living index, consumer price index, business cycle, debtor's economy, creditor's economy, economy of scarcity, economy of abundance, guns or butter economics, market economy, free-enterprise economy, controlled economy, collective bargaining, mass production, cooperative buying and marketing, Marxian economics, input-output model, socioeconomics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, corporate state, recession, depression, inflation, stagflation, deflation.
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Converse of object
- apply: This book is a model of applied ecological economics.
Adjective modifier
- neoclassical: Classical and neoclassical economics are primarily about the efficient allocation of resources.
Modifies a noun
- camarota: Health economics camarota s benefits may be meeting a child's percent of employeesnational.
Noun used with modifier
- voodoo: During the primaries, Bush had derided Reagan's hallmark pledge to cut taxes while hugely increasing the defense budget as " voodoo economics.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
Economics is all about how people make choices. Sociology isall about why theydon't haveanychoicesto make.
Economics as a positive science is a body of tentatively accepted generalizations about economic phenomena thatcanbe used topredicttheconsequences ofchanges in circumstances.
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