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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.

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Wikimedia Foundation
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https://www.wikipedia.org
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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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

Institutions

Central Bank of BrazilCentral Bank of EgyptCentral Bank of MalaysiaCentral Bank of the Republic of TurkeyDeutsche BundesbankEgyptian ExchangeEuropean Central BankFederal Reserve SystemFinancial Stability BoardFundo Garantidor de CréditosGovernment Pension Fund GlobalGroup of Seven (G7)Group of Twenty (G20)Hanoi Stock ExchangeHM TreasuryHo Chi Minh Stock ExchangeImperial Bank of PersiaInternational Accounting Standards BoardInternational Labour OrganizationInternational Monetary FundIslamic Chamber of Commerce and DevelopmentKorea Development InstituteLima Stock ExchangeLondon Stock ExchangeMilton Friedman Institute for Research in EconomicsMoody's Investors ServiceNairobi Securities ExchangeNational Bank of BelgiumNational Bank of North MacedoniaNational Bank of PolandNational Bank of the Kyrgyz RepublicNew York Stock ExchangeOPECOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOrganization of the Black Sea Economic CooperationQatar Stock ExchangeReserve Bank of IndiaReserve Bank of New ZealandRoyal Commonwealth SocietyRwanda Development BankShenzhen Stock ExchangeSouth African Reserve BankStandard & Poor'sSwiss National BankUnited States Department of the TreasuryWorld BankWorld Trade OrganizationZhengzhou Commodity Exchange

Open Questions

Can the unimproved value of land be assessed separately from the buildings and improvements upon it accurately enough, in practice, for a land value tax to work as Georgism's theory intends?Does a Higher Minimum Wage Reduce Low-Wage Employment?

Showing 151 to 200 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?

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