Saint Petersburg, Russia

Economics

Экономика

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Economics at Saint Petersburg Mining University

Language: Russian Studies in Russian
Subject area: economy and administration
University website: en.spmi.ru/

Definitions and quotes

Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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
Economics
The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.
Tony Blair, address to the 2005 G8 climate change summit in London, as reported by David Adam, "Blair signals shift over climate change", The Guardian, 1 November 2005.
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