List of basic economics topics

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Economics, is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of resources. By extension, economics also studies economies, the creation and distribution of wealth, the abundance and scarcity of resources, and human welfare.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to economics:

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[edit] Nature of economics

Main article: Economics

[edit] Branches of economics

[edit] Subdisciplines of economics

[edit] Methodologies of economics

[edit] Multidisciplinary fields involving economics

[edit] Types of economies

Main articles: Economy and Economic system

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.

[edit] Economies, by ideological structure

[edit] Economies, by scope

[edit] Economies, by regulation

[edit] Market forms

Main article: Market form
  • 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.

[edit] Economics by region

Main article: Economies of present-day nations and states
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Economy of Africa
Sovereign states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Puntland · St. Helena (UK) · Socotra (Yemen) · Somaliland · Southern Sudan · Western Sahara · Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Italics indicate an unrecognised or partially recognised country.
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Economy of North America
Sovereign states
Dependencies and
other territories
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (South America). 2 Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in the Pacific basin.
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Economy of South America
Sovereign states
Dependencies

Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) · French Guiana (France)
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America).
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Economy of Asia
1 Transcontinental country.  2 Only recognised by Turkey.  3 Not fully independent.
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Economy of Europe
Sovereign
states
Dependencies,
autonomies,
other territories

Abkhazia 2 · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Greenland7 · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kosovo · Isle of Man · Madeira8 · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhchivan1 · Northern Cyprus1 · Republika Srpska · South Ossetia 2 · Svalbard · Transnistria
Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country. 1 Entirely in Southwest Asia.  2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions.  3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Has part of its territory in Asia / North America / South America / Africa.  7 / 8 Entirely on the North American Plate / African Plate.
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Economy of Oceania
 Australasia
  Melanesia
 Micronesia
  Polynesia

American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Niue · Pitcairn Islands · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
1 Often included in Polynesia.  2 Often included in Southeast Asia.  3 Often included in Australasia.

[edit] History of economics

Main article: History of economic thought

[edit] General economics topics

[edit] Economics scholars

[edit] Economics lists

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