Economics Atlas

How Wealth Is Ordered
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Source

Wikipedia

Collaborative Online Encyclopedia

Wikipedia is a free, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its economics and biography articles are used throughout this atlas as a secondary, frequently updated reference alongside academic and official sources.

Facts
Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://www.wikipedia.org
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationView the Source
Claims Backed By This Source (972 claims)

This source backs 972 claims across the atlas. As facts: 699 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 135 holds, 96 connected, 12 critiqued Here, 4 rejected Here, 3 held Differently. Plus 17 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Institutions, 299 claims: 221 well-attested, 61 holds, 13 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
  • Events, 184 claims: 129 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 45 connected, 2 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
  • Concepts, 164 claims: 120 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 25 holds, 9 connected, 7 general references.
  • Economists, 154 claims: 95 well-attested, 39 holds, 14 connected, 4 critiqued Here, 2 general references.
  • Schools of Thought, 75 claims: 43 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 12 connected, 5 critiqued Here, 4 rejected Here, 3 held Differently.
  • Economic Indicators, 39 claims: 39 well-attested.
  • Sources, 30 claims: 29 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Open Questions, 27 claims: 23 well-attested, 3 connected, 1 general references.

Well-attested

699

Concepts

Balance of PaymentsBusiness CycleCentral Bank IndependenceComparative AdvantageConsumer SurplusCreative DestructionDeadweight LossDiminishing Marginal ReturnsDouble-Entry BookkeepingElasticity of DemandExternalitiesFiat CurrencyFiscal MultiplierGresham's LawGross Domestic ProductInflationInvisible HandLaffer CurveLean ProductionLiquidity TrapMarginal UtilityMinimum WageMoral HazardOpportunity CostPareto EfficiencyPhillips CurveProperty RightsPurchasing Power ParityQuantitative EasingSay's LawScientific ManagementSunk CostSupply and DemandThe CommonsTragedy of the CommonsTransaction Costs

Economic Indicators

Average Weekly HoursBloomberg US Aggregate Bond IndexChained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U)Construction SpendingCredit SpreadDiscouraged WorkerEase of doing business indexEconomic Complexity IndexEmployment rateEmployment-to-Population RatioEnergy intensityForeign Direct Investment (FDI)Foreign Exchange ReservesGDP Growth Rate

Showing 1 to 50 of 242 entities carrying this claim.

Scholarly debate

6

Concepts

Laffer CurveMinimum WageMoral Hazard

Events

Black Monday (1987)

Schools of Thought

Neoclassical SynthesisStockholm School

Holds

135

Concepts

Adverse SelectionCoase TheoremCreative DestructionCrowding Out (Economics)Fiscal MultiplierGross Domestic ProductHuman CapitalLaffer CurveLean ProductionMarkgenossenschaftMinimum WageOkun's LawPareto EfficiencyPublic GoodRicardian EquivalenceSay's LawSunk CostThe CommonsTime Value of MoneyVeblen Good

Economists

Alan GreenspanAlfred MarshallAnna SchwartzAnne Robert Jacques TurgotArthur LafferBruno FreyCelso FurtadoClaudia GoldinDaniel KahnemanDavid RicardoElinor OstromEsther DufloFriedrich A. HayekHa-Joon ChangJagdish BhagwatiJames M. BuchananJoan RobinsonJohn Maynard KeynesJoseph SchumpeterJustin Yifu LinKaname AkamatsuKaushik BasuMichal KaleckiPaul VolckerPrasanta Chandra MahalanobisRagnar NurkseRichard KahnRobert Lucas Jr.Samir AminSimon Kuznets

Showing 1 to 50 of 120 entities carrying this claim.

Connected

96

Concepts

Deadweight LossGiffen GoodGresham's LawLaffer CurveMarkgenossenschaftPrincipal-Agent ProblemRicardian Equivalence

Economists

Alan GreenspanAmos TverskyArthur LafferCarl MengerCelso FurtadoDavid RicardoJames M. BuchananJan TinbergenJoan RobinsonLudwig von MisesPaul VolckerRaul PrebischRobert Lucas Jr.

Events

1970s Stagflation2008 Financial CrisisArgentine Economic Crisis (1998-2002)Black Monday (1987)Black WednesdayChina's Reform and Opening UpCOVID-19 Economic StimulusDot-com BubbleEuropean Debt CrisisFounding of the Federal Reserve SystemHungarian Hyperinflation (1945-46)Indian Economic Liberalization (1991)Japanese Asset Price BubbleLong DepressionMarshall PlanMexican Peso Crisis (1994)Mississippi BubbleNixon ShockOpium WarsPanic of 1837Panic of 1873Panic of 1893Plaza AccordRailway ManiaRussian Financial Crisis (1998)Savings and Loan CrisisSong Dynasty Paper Money (Jiaozi)South Sea BubbleTulip ManiaVolcker Disinflation

Showing 1 to 50 of 76 entities carrying this claim.

Critiqued Here

12

Economists

Adam SmithAmartya SenElinor OstromRobert Lucas Jr.

Events

Asian Financial Crisis (1997-98)European Debt Crisis

Institutions

Bank of England

Schools of Thought

Austrian SchoolCambridge SchoolEvolutionary EconomicsMarxian EconomicsNew Keynesian Economics

Rejected Here

4

Schools of Thought

Austrian SchoolMonetarist EconomicsNeoclassical SynthesisNew Classical Economics

Held Differently

3

Schools of Thought

New Keynesian EconomicsStockholm SchoolSupply-Side Economics

General References

17

Concepts

Double-Entry BookkeepingExternalitiesGresham's LawSay's LawScientific ManagementThe Commons

Economists

Jean-Baptiste SayRichard Kahn

Events

COVID-19 Economic StimulusGreat DepressionSong Dynasty Paper Money (Jiaozi)

Institutions

Fundo Garantidor de CréditosLima Stock ExchangeShenzhen Stock Exchange

Open Questions

Should New Institutional Economics Be Modeled as a School of Thought?

Sources

JEL Classification Codes (AEA)
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.