economics

UK /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks/ US /ˌik.əˈnɑ.mɪks/

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ADJ

applied, theoretical | classical, free-market, Keynesian, liberal, market, neo-classical, supply-side | business, development, environmental, health, industrial, welfare

PHRASES

a school of economics

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noun

The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

Mary studied economics for five years before going into banking.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.

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Mary studied economics for five years before going into banking.

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Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.

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While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.

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If they admit me to the university, I think I will major in economics.

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Mr. Smith's specialty is economics.

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This book gives us a good idea of economics.

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