Humanities · Curated directory
Economics: economists, schools, systems, theories and crises
Five lists: the economists and schools of thought the world has written most about, the systems and theories they argued over, and the crises that tested them. Each one chosen by machine from open data and ranked by how much of the world has written about it.
- Lists
- 5
- Entries
- 115
- Photographed
- 59
The lists
Each one ranked by how much of the world has written about its entries, and filtered for what it is really about.
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Economists
Adam Smith · John Maynard Keynes · John Stuart Mill
40 economists
Photo: Etching created by Cadell and Davies (1811), John Horsburgh (1828) or R.C. Bell (1872)., Public domain
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Schools of thought
Marxism · Austrian school of economics · Keynesian economics
20 schools
Photo: Photo of Karl Marx by Friedrich Karl Wunder Photo of Friedrich Engels by George Lester, Public domain
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Economic systems
Communism · Capitalism · Socialism
15 systems
Photo: Zscout370 and F l a n k e r, Public domain
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Theories and ideas
Supply and demand · Physiocracy · Business cycle
20 theories and ideas
Photo: Safalra (Stephen Morley), Public domain
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Financial crises
2008 financial crisis · Wall Street crash of 1929 · 1997 Asian financial crisis
20 crises
Photo: Lawrencekhoo, Public domain
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