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[[Image:NYSE-floor.jpg|right|thumb|Face-to-face trading on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]'s trading floor.]]
'''Economics''' is a social [[science]] concerned with how society produces, allocates, and consumes goods and services.
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== Issues in economics ==
Economics deals with a large number of issues:
* [[Theory of value]]: What are things worth? Why are they worth what they're worth?
* [[Economic justice]]: What is a "fair" distribution of resources in a society?
* [[Economic prosperity]]: What policies encourage economic growth and development?
* [[Economic prediction]]: What can the economic realities today tell us about the economic realities of tomorrow?
== Disciplines within economics ==
Economics is a very broad discipline, and involves the following other disciplines as well:
* [[Moral philosophy]]: How ''ought'' a society produce and distribute goods and services?
* [[Psychology]]: What principles underlie human economic decision-making?
* [[Mathematics]]: What mathematical models can predict economic outcomes?
* [[Ecology]]: What economic policies and practices are ecologically sustainable?
==Branches of economics==
* [[Microeconomics]]: the study of economic decisions in individual people, businesses, and markets;
* [[Macroeconomics]]: the study of economic dynamics and policies in an entire economy
== History of economics==
''Main article: [[History of economics]]''
It is generally accepted that the formal study of economics began with the Scotsman [[Adam Smith]], in his book [[An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]]. The origins of the field however, lie in the [[banking]] industry, which has developed over thousands of years.{{fact}}
[[Category:Economics]]