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Economics

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Economics at Queen's University Belfast

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: economy and administration
University website: www.qub.ac.uk
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Definitions and quotes

Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economics
Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.
Economy is a great revenue.
Economics
Economics is, in essence, the study of poverty.
Ronald Max Hartwell, The Long Debate on Poverty (1972), p. 3
Economics
Economists have never allowed their analysis to be influenced by psychologists of their time, but have always framed for themselves such assumptions about psychical processes as they have thought it desirable to make.
Joseph Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, 1945. p. 27
Although forests are dynamic systems, the speed of change to which they are subjected is now at an unprecedented level. This is due to factors such as climate change, nitrogen deposition, the introduction of invasive species, and the loss of biodiversity and habitat.
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