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Its economics and biography articles are used throughout this atlas as a secondary, frequently updated reference alongside academic and official sources.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (734 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedWikimedia FoundationURLWell-attestedhttps://www.wikipedia.orgSource TypeWell-attestedencyclopediaReliability TierWell-attested2SourcesWikipediatier 2Wikimedia FoundationView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (734 claims)This source backs 734 claims across the atlas. As facts: 394 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 51 holds, 63 connected, 7 critiqued Here, 4 rejected Here, 3 held Differently. Plus 207 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicConcepts, 190 claims: 105 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 12 holds, 2 connected, 68 general references.Economists, 138 claims: 67 well-attested, 28 holds, 11 connected, 3 critiqued Here, 29 general references.Institutions, 134 claims: 82 well-attested, 9 holds, 10 connected, 33 general references.Events, 129 claims: 69 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 26 connected, 32 general references.Schools of Thought, 102 claims: 43 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 11 connected, 4 critiqued Here, 4 rejected Here, 3 held Differently, 35 general references.Open Questions, 35 claims: 23 well-attested, 3 connected, 9 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested394ConceptsBalance of PaymentsBusiness CycleCentral Bank IndependenceComparative AdvantageConsumer SurplusCreative DestructionDeadweight LossDiminishing Marginal ReturnsDouble-Entry BookkeepingElasticity of DemandExternalitiesFiat CurrencyFiscal MultiplierGresham's LawGross Domestic ProductInflationInvisible HandLaffer CurveLean ProductionMarginal UtilityMinimum WageMoral HazardOpportunity CostPareto EfficiencyPhillips CurvePurchasing Power ParityQuantitative EasingSay's LawScientific ManagementSunk CostSupply and DemandThe CommonsTragedy of the CommonsTransaction CostsEconomistsAlan GreenspanAmartya SenArthur LafferDaniel KahnemanDavid RicardoElinor OstromJames M. BuchananJean-Baptiste SayJoan RobinsonJoseph SchumpeterPaul VolckerRagnar NurkseRichard KahnRobert Lucas Jr.Simon KuznetsThomas MalthusShowing 1 to 50 of 119 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate5ConceptsLaffer CurveMinimum WageMoral HazardEventsBlack Monday (1987)Schools of ThoughtNeoclassical SynthesisHolds51ConceptsComparative AdvantageCreative DestructionFiscal MultiplierGross Domestic ProductLaffer CurveMinimum WagePareto EfficiencySay's LawSunk CostThe CommonsEconomistsAlan GreenspanAlfred MarshallArthur LafferDaniel KahnemanDavid RicardoElinor OstromFriedrich A. HayekHyman MinskyJames M. BuchananJoan RobinsonJohn Maynard KeynesJoseph SchumpeterKarl MarxLudwig von MisesMilton FriedmanOliver WilliamsonPaul VolckerRagnar NurkseRichard KahnRobert Lucas Jr.Simon KuznetsThomas MalthusThorstein VeblenVilfredo ParetoEvents2008 Financial CrisisInstitutionsBasel Committee on Banking SupervisionDeutsche BundesbankFinancial Stability BoardGroup of Twenty (G20)International Monetary FundWorld BankSchools of ThoughtGeorgismConnected63ConceptsLaffer CurveEconomistsAlan GreenspanAmos TverskyArthur LafferCarl MengerDavid RicardoJames M. BuchananJoan RobinsonLudwig von MisesPaul VolckerRobert Lucas Jr.Events1970s Stagflation2008 Financial CrisisBlack Monday (1987)China's Reform and Opening UpCOVID-19 Economic StimulusDot-com BubbleEuropean Debt CrisisFounding of the Federal Reserve SystemNixon ShockPanic of 1873Song Dynasty Paper Money (Jiaozi)South Sea BubbleVolcker DisinflationWall Street Crash of 1929InstitutionsBank of CanadaBank of EnglandBasel Committee on Banking SupervisionDeutsche BundesbankFinancial Stability BoardGroup of Seven (G7)Group of Twenty (G20)International Labour OrganizationReserve Bank of IndiaSwiss National BankOpen QuestionsCan the unimproved value of land be assessed separately from the buildings and improvements upon it accurately enough, in practice, for a land value tax to work as Georgism's theory intends?Does a Higher Minimum Wage Reduce Low-Wage Employment?Does cutting tax rates below their observed real-world range actually raise government revenue, as the Laffer Curve implies is possible?Schools of ThoughtBloomington SchoolCambridge SchoolEvolutionary EconomicsGeorgismLausanne SchoolNeoclassical SynthesisNew Classical EconomicsNew Keynesian EconomicsStockholm SchoolCritiqued Here7EconomistsAmartya SenElinor OstromRobert Lucas Jr.Schools of ThoughtAustrian SchoolCambridge SchoolEvolutionary EconomicsNew Keynesian EconomicsRejected Here4Schools of ThoughtAustrian SchoolMonetarist EconomicsNeoclassical SynthesisNew Classical EconomicsHeld Differently3Schools of ThoughtNew Keynesian EconomicsStockholm SchoolSupply-Side EconomicsGeneral References207ArticlesWalter Eucken and the Freiburg School's Answer to Cartel CapitalismConceptsBalance of PaymentsBusiness CycleCentral Bank IndependenceComparative AdvantageConsumer SurplusCreative DestructionDeadweight LossDiminishing Marginal ReturnsDouble-Entry BookkeepingElasticity of DemandExternalitiesFiat CurrencyFiscal MultiplierGresham's LawGross Domestic ProductInflationInvisible HandLaffer CurveLean ProductionMarginal UtilityMinimum WageMoral HazardOpportunity CostPareto EfficiencyPhillips CurvePurchasing Power ParityQuantitative EasingSay's LawScientific ManagementSunk CostSupply and DemandThe CommonsTragedy of the CommonsTransaction CostsEconomistsAlan GreenspanAmartya SenArthur LafferDaniel KahnemanDavid RicardoElinor OstromJames M. BuchananJean-Baptiste SayJoan RobinsonJoseph SchumpeterPaul VolckerRagnar NurkseRichard KahnRobert Lucas Jr.Simon KuznetsShowing 1 to 50 of 119 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year