economists
GDP growth predictors
Economists study how societies allocate scarce resources—production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
They analyze markets, develop theories about economic behavior, and advise governments and businesses.
The profession spans academic researchers, policy advisors, and financial analysts.
Economists are sometimes mocked for disagreeing with each other or for predictions that don't pan out: Ask three economists, get four opinions.
Estimating future conditions
- regressionReturn to former state
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
variables · correlation · estimation · hypothesis · methodology · inference · trends · metrics
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- equilibriumState of balance
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
oligopoly · pricing · commodities · trade · exchange · consumers · producers · efficiency
Of public revenue
- monetaryOf or about currency
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
tariff · subsidy · deficit · budget · inflation · unemployment · welfare · austerity
Deploying capital for returns
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- capitalWealth used for investment
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- bondsTies that unite
stocks · portfolio · credit · debt · leverage · currency · inflation · deflation
Higher education community
- professorSenior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
- tenureProtected employment status
publication · dissertation · thesis · think-tank · IMF · consultant · analyst · lecturer
Pro-intervention economic theory
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- behavioralRelating to conduct
rationality · utility · elasticity · endogenous · exogenous · stagflation · Austrian · Marxist
forecasting
Estimating future conditions
- regressionReturn to former state
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
quantitative · variables · correlation · estimation · hypothesis · methodology · inference · trends · metrics · sampling
supply
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- equilibriumState of balance
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
monopoly · oligopoly · pricing · commodities · trade · exchange · consumers · producers · efficiency · externalities
fiscal
Of public revenue
- monetaryOf or about currency
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
stimulus · tariff · subsidy · deficit · budget · inflation · unemployment · welfare · austerity · redistribution
investment
Deploying capital for returns
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- capitalWealth used for investment
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
bonds · stocks · portfolio · credit · debt · leverage · currency · inflation · deflation · interest
academia
Higher education community
- professorSenior university teacher
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- universityHigher education institution
tenure · publication · dissertation · thesis · think-tank · IMF · consultant · analyst · lecturer · fellowship
Keynesian
Pro-intervention economic theory
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
behavioral · rationality · utility · elasticity · endogenous · exogenous · stagflation · Austrian · Marxist · institutional
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- economics departmentprofessors, faculty, department head, chair, graduate students
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- notable figurespolitical leaders, historical figures, dignitary, luminary, presidents
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- Caribbean Notablesnational heroes, independence leaders, political leaders, prime ministers, cultural icons
economistspractitioners
People who perform a discipline
laborers · workers · tradespeople · manual laborers · craftsmen
economistspoets
Composers of verse
mystics · artists · novelists · theologians · literary critics
economiststheologians
Scholars of religious belief
priests · clergy · spiritual leaders · mystics · monks
- The EconomistBritish weekly covering global affairs
- home economistHousehold science specialist
- influential economistsThinkers who shape financial theory