Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. By extension, economics also studies economic systems, human welfare, the creation and distribution of wealth, and the scarcity and alternative uses of resources.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to economics:
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Nature of economics
- Main article: Economics
Branches of economics
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Subdisciplines of economics
- Attention economics
- Behavioural economics
- Bioeconomics
- Contract theory
- Development economics
- Econometrics
- Economic geography
- Economic history
- Economic sociology
- Education economics
- Energy economics
- Entrepreneurial Economics
- Environmental economics
- Feminist economics
- Financial economics
- Green economics
- Industrial organization
- Information economics
- International economics
- Institutional economics
- Labor economics
- Law and Economics
- Managerial economics
- Mathematical economics
- Monetary economics
- Public finance
- Public economics
- Real estate economics
- Regional Science
- Resource economics
- Socialist economics
- Welfare economics
Methodologies of economics
- Behavioural economics
- Computational economics
- Econometrics
- Evolutionary economics
- Experimental economics
- Social psychology
Multidisciplinary fields involving economics
Types of economies
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An economy is the system of human activities related to the production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area.
Economies, by ideological structure
- Capitalist economy
- Communist economy
- Corporate economy
- Fascist economy
- Laissez-faire
- Mercantilism
- Natural economy
- Primitive communism
- Social market economy
- Socialist economy
Economies, by scope
- Anglo-Saxon economy
- American School
- Global economy[disambiguation needed]
- Hunter-gatherer economy
- Information economy
- New industrial economy
- Palace economy
- Plantation economy
- Token economy
- Traditional economy
- Transition economy
Economies, by regulation
- Closed economy
- Dual economy
- Gift economy
- Informal economy
- Market economy
- Mixed economy
- Open economy
- Participatory economy
- Planned economy
- Subsistence economy
- Underground economy
- Virtual economy
Market forms
- Perfect competition, in which the market consists of a very large number of firms producing a homogeneous product.
- Monopolistic competition, also called competitive market, where there are a large number of independent firms which have a very small proportion of the market share.
- Monopoly, where there is only one provider of a product or service.
- Monopsony, when there is only one buyer in a market.
- Natural monopoly, a monopoly in which economies of scale cause efficiency to increase continuously with the size of the firm.
- Oligopoly, in which a market is dominated by a small number of firms which own more than 40% of the market share.
- Oligopsony, a market dominated by many sellers and a few buyers.
Economics by region
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History of economics
- Main article: History of economic thought
- Economics of classical antiquity
- Economics in the Middle Ages: Feudalism and Manorialism
- Economics of the Renaissance: Mercantilism
- Economics of the Age of Enlightenment
- British Enlightenment
- French Enlightenment: Physiocracy
- François Quesnay
- Tableau économique
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune
- Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth
- François Quesnay
- Economics of the Industrial Revolution: Classical economics, Political economy
- Schools of economic thought
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General economics concepts
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Economics scholars
Economics lists
- Main article: List of economics topics
See also
- List of accounting topics
- List of business ethics, political economy, and philosophy of business topics
- List of business law topics
- List of business theorists
- List of community topics
- List of corporate leaders
- List of finance topics
- List of human resource management topics
- List of information technology management topics
- List of international trade topics
- List of management topics
- List of marketing topics
- List of production topics
External links
General information
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- Economics at the Open Directory Project
- Resources For Economists: Official resource guide of the American Economic Association
- Research Papers in Economics (RePEc): huge database of preprints and other research
- Economic journals on the web
- Intute: Economics: Searchable human catalogue of the best links for teaching and research in Economics
- [http://www.economiasocial.com.ve/ Blog Economic Social (Spanish Venezuela)
Institutions and organizations
- Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
- Organization For Co-operation and Economic Development (OECD) Statistics
- United Nations Statistics Division
- World Bank Data
- World Trade Organization
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA)
Study resources
- Economics textbooks on Wikibooks
- MERLOT Learning Materials: Economics: US-based database of learning materials
- The United economic encyclopedia
- Online Learning and Teaching Materials for Economics: The Economics Network (UK)'s database of text, slides, glossaries and other resources
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Economics: Archive of study materials from MIT courses
- A guide to several online economics textbooks
- The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib): Economics Books, Articles, Blog (EconLog), Podcasts (EconTalk)
- Schools of Thought: Compare various economic schools of thought on particular issues
- Economics at About.com
- Ask The Professor section of EH. Net Economic History Services
- Introduction to Economics: Short Creative commons-licensed introduction to basic economics
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