Economics

Articles about markets, finance, trade and economic theory.

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Rent

Rent: payments, types, economics and legal aspects

Rental vacancy rate

Rental Vacancy Rate: Definition, Measurement, and Market Significance

Renting

Renting (Leasing): Definition, Roles, Types, History and Practical Notes

Retail

Returns (economics)

Returns (economics) — Payments to factors of production

Ricardian model

Ricardian model of international trade

Rival

Rivalry: Causes, Types, and Effects in Business, Sport, Family, and International Relations

Robber baron

Robert Neild

Robert R. Neild — British Economist, SIPRI's Founding Director

Roberto Alemann

Roberto Alemann: Argentine lawyer, economist and two-time Minister of Economy

Romanian leu

Ruble

Ruble — currency unit of Russia and several Eastern European states

Rupee

Rupee — name, history and modern varieties of the South Asian currency

Russian ruble

Sale

Sales tax

Savings account

Scarcity

Scarcity (Economics): Causes, Effects, and Examples

Secondary sector

Sell

Sell (verb): meaning, practice and examples

Serbian Dinar

Serbian Dinar (RSD)

Service (economics)

Service economy

Service economy: definition, characteristics, history, and major sectors

Service sector

Service sector (tertiary sector): definition, characteristics and importance

Sestertius

Sestertius — Roman coin of the Republic and Empire

Share (finance)

Share (finance): ownership units in companies, funds and other entities

Sharecropping

Shekel

Shekel (ancient unit and modern currency)

Sin tax

Sin tax: taxes on goods considered harmful or socially costly

Slave trade

Slave trade

Slave trade: forms, history, and modern legacy

An overview of the slave trade: definition, historical development across cultures, principal forms and mechanisms, social and economic effects, abolition movements, and modern hum

Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Souq

Souq: Traditional Middle Eastern Marketplace

South African rand

Speculation

Speculation tax

State capitalism

State capitalism: an overview of state-led market economies

Stern Review

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

Stock

Stock (corporate ownership and shares)

Stock exchange

Stock market

Stock market: structure, function, and significance

Stockbroker

Stockbroker: roles, types, history, and how they work

Subsidy

Substitute good

Supply

Supply (economics)

Supply and demand

Supply and demand: the basic economic model of price formation

Supply-side economics

Surplus

Surplus: meaning, types, causes, and uses

Swedish krona

Swedish krona (SEK): the currency of Sweden