Meaning of economics in English

economics
noun [ U ]
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/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪks/ /ˌek.əˈnɒm.ɪks/ us

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/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪks/ /ˌek.əˈnɑː.mɪks/
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the way in which trade, industry, or money is organized, or the study of this:
Their ideas sound fine in principle, but they haven't worked out the economics behind the policies.
She's in her third year of studying economics at York University.
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(Definition of economics from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

economics | American Dictionary

economics
noun [ U ]
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/ˌI·kəˈnɑm·ɪks, ˌek·ə-/
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the scientific study of the system by which a country’s wealth is made and used
(Definition of economics from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

economics | Business English

economics
noun
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[ U ]   ECONOMICS
the study of the way in which economies work, for example, the way in which they make money and produce and distribute goods and services:
One of the laws of economics is that today's shortage is tomorrow's glut.
He has a degree in economics.
She's economics professor/professor of economics at the University of Berkeley.
See also
applied economics
classical economics
development economics
financial economics
global economics
industrial economics
information economics
labour economics
macroeconomics
mathematical economics
microeconomics
supply-side economics
welfare economics
[ plural ]   FINANCE
business activities considered from a financial point of view, and whether or not products or services are likely to make a profit:
Energy policy must be built on economics if it is to succeed.
We are trying to change the economics of the digital business to let consumers benefit.
(Definition of economics from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of economics

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Section 1 reviews the relevant literature on retirement plans and saving, education and saving, and behavioral economics.
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These proscriptions, while useful in economics, may obfuscate important psychological phenomena.
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I state them in terms of the ideal concept of normative economics that welfare economics is supposed to encapsulate.
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In law, in computer science, in mathematics, in economics, in politics, there are many things that have nothing to do with game theory.
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Unlike a typical authoritative collection of papers which is common in more traditional areas of economics, this reader-friendly collection provides much food for thought.
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Thirteen chapters cover taxonomy and distribution, production volumes, ecology and agronomy, harvesting, processing, economics and marketing.
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The economics of having these inmates 'serve all' may outweigh the demands of justice and the public policy concerns related to crime prevention.
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The first part deals with a number of issues debated in the capability literature in development economics and development ethics.
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Over the last few decades, movies have become one of the most popular subjects of study in the research of economics of culture.
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The issue became very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, with the flourishing of the new institutional economics.
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For readers whose main knowledge is of plant-soil interactions, the book provides an insight into issues related to food security, economics and policy.
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In empirical economics, you go and see how people behave in real life, in situations to which they are used.
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We argue that experimental standards in economics are regulatory in that they allow for little variation between the experimental practices of individual researchers.
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Molecular biology, physics, statistics, and economics come to mind.
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We shall argue that our eighteenth-century writers had a more open understanding of rationality than is characteristic of modern economics.
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Collocations with economics

economics

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agricultural economics
The book is clearly structured and well indexed and tracks the evolving interests of the agricultural economics profession.
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basic economics
It can, however, uncover the basic economics.
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capitalist economics
September 1893: 1), suggests its regular use by the dockers, as otherwise under capitalist economics it would have been converted into a public house to create or satisfy demand.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
經濟狀況, 經濟因素, 經濟學…
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经济状况, 经济因素, 经济学…
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economía, economía [feminine]…
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