the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services
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[[Image:NYSE-floor.jpg|right|thumb|Face-to-face trading on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]'s trading floor.]]
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'''Economics''' is a social [[science]] concerned with how people produce, distribute, and consume goods and services. Governments can be classified by their economic policy. The [[U.S. Constitution]] provides basic protections for private property that are the foundation of American economic policy.
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'''Economics''' is the study of the allocation of scarce goods and services.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/business/13every.html?em&ex=1216440000&en=a9a6d3e97f11545f&ei=5087%0A Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics]</ref>
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It is a social [[science]], concerned with how people produce, distribute, and consume goods and services. Governments can be classified by their economic policy. The [[U.S. Constitution]] provides basic protections for private property that are the foundation of American economic policy.