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Definition of Economic theory
1. Noun. (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods).
Specialized synonyms: Consumerism, Keynesianism, Liberalism, Malthusian Theory, Malthusianism, Monetarism
Group relationships: Economic Science, Economics, Political Economy
Category relationships: Economic Science, Economics, Political Economy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Economic Theory
Literary usage of Economic theory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"Even in pure economic theory, in which the disturbing element of social sentiment
was not present, the difficulty of Ricardo's style led to misunderstanding ..."
2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"The Aim of economic theory.— From the preceding account it appears that economics
... Representatives of the traditional types of economic theory not ..."
3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1918)
"All the men who have for years been declaring that economic theory must pay more
intelligent attention to the problems of behavior will be encouraged at the ..."
4. The Quarterly Journal of Economics by Harvard University (1888)
"That the study of economic history should precede that of economic theory seems
quite inadvisable. The value of such study—indeed, the absolute need of it ..."
5. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Essentials of economic theory as Applied to Modern Problems oi Industry and Public
... Cloth, unto, 274 pages, $1.50 Outlines of economic theory By HERBERT ..."
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