Researching in Economics

Encyclopaedia Britannica defines Economics as: "a social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution and consumption of wealth."

Webster: 1 : a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services 2 : economic aspect or significance.

The study of economics spans human economic behavior from an individual basis to a global basis. According to Webster:

"Microeconomics is a study of economics in terms of individual areas of activity (as a firm, household, or prices)."

"Macroeconomics is a study of economics in terms of whole systems especially with reference to general levels of output and income and to the interrelations among sectors of the economy."

Background on the discipline of Economics can be found at: The History of Economic Thought or Archive for the History of Economic Thought where one can find a large number of significant texts in the history of economic thought. For a chronology, see Great Economists and Their Times.

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