| Meaning | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods). |
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| Category | economics, economic science, political economy | The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
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| Part of | economics, economic science, political economy | The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
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| Narrower | Keynesianism | The economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business activity and increase employment |
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| Malthusianism, Malthusian theory | Malthus' theory that population increase / increase / increase would outpace increases / increases / increases in the means of subsistence |
| consumerism | The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial |
| liberalism | An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market |
| monetarism | An economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money |
| rent seeking, rent-seeking | (economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a profit through production or trade |
| Broader | theory | A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world |
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| Spanish | teoría económica |
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| Catalan | teoria econòmica |
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