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  2. Non-monetary economy - Wikipedia

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    A moneyless economy or nonmonetary economy is a system for allocation of goods and services without payment of money. The simplest example is the family household.Other examples include barter economies, gift economies and primitive communism.

  3. Gresham's law - Wikipedia

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    In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good". For example, if there are two forms of commodity money in circulation, which are accepted by law as having similar face value, the more valuable commodity will gradually disappear from circulation. [1] [2]

  4. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    A model of the economy in which the major exchanges are represented as flows of money, goods and services, etc. between economic agents. The flows of money and goods exchanged in a closed circuit correspond in value, but run in the opposite direction. The circular flow analysis is the basis of national accounts and hence of macroeconomics ...

  5. Economics terminology that differs from common usage

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    Non-financial assets, such as land and buildings, may also be included. For example, dictionary definitions of money include "wealth reckoned in terms of money" and "persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth", [8] neither of which correspond to the economic definition.

  6. Economic inequality - Wikipedia

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    Economic inequality is an umbrella term for a) income inequality or distribution of income (how the total sum of money paid to people is distributed among them), b) wealth inequality or distribution of wealth (how the total sum of wealth owned by people is distributed among the owners), and c) consumption inequality (how the total sum of money spent by people is distributed among the spenders).

  7. 5 common investing myths — debunked: Why you don't need ...

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    While they historically don’t match stock market returns, they can still help your money grow while taking on little to no risk. Sources. Consumer Price Index, 1913 to Now. Federal Reserve Bank ...

  8. Post-scarcity - Wikipedia

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    Post-scarcity is a theoretical economic situation in which most goods can be produced in great abundance with minimal human labor, so that they become available to all very cheaply or even freely.

  9. Definitions of economics - Wikipedia

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    James Stuart (1767) authored the first book in English with 'political economy' in its title, explaining it just as: . Economy in general [is] the art of providing for all the wants of a family, so the science of political economy seeks to secure a certain fund of subsistence for all the inhabitants, to obviate every circumstance which may render it precarious; to provide everything necessary ...