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economics

[ ek-uh-nom-iks, ee-kuh- ]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.
  2. (used with a plural verb) financial considerations; economically significant aspects:

    What are the economics of such a project?



economics

/ ËŒiËkəˈnÉ’mɪks; ˌɛkÉ™- /

noun

  1. functioning as singular the social science concerned with the production and consumption of goods and services and the analysis of the commercial activities of a society See also macroeconomics microeconomics
  2. functioning as plural financial aspects

    the economics of the project are very doubtful

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economics

  1. The science that deals with the production, distribution , and consumption of commodities .
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Notes

Economics is sometimes referred to as the “dismal science.â€
Economics is generally understood to concern behavior that, given the scarcity of means, arises to achieve certain ends. When scarcity ceases, conventional economic theory may no longer be applicable. ( See affluent society .)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of economics1

First recorded in 1785–95; economic, -ics
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Douglas Irwin, a professor of economics at Dartmouth College in the US, who specializes in the history of US trade policy, believes the economic impact of the boycott may be limited.

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Jones said decisions would be driven by economics and jobs, "not ideology".

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Chamberlain said he endorsed Buckley's criticism that Yale faculty was "skeptical of any religion and interventionist and Keynesian as to economics and collectivist as applied to the relation of the individual and government."

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And in so doing, using the equation that underpinned his grand tariff reveal on the Rose Garden's lawns, the White House also turned its back on some fundamentals of both conventional economics and diplomacy.

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Far from operating according to the reality principle, Republican economics, like so many of their positions, is based on magical thinking.

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