Concept
Economist
Overview
An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics.
The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are many sub-fields, ranging from the broad philosophical theories to the focused study of minutiae within specific markets, macroeconomic analysis, microeconomic analysis or financial statement analysis, involving analytical methods and tools such as econometrics, statistics, economics computational models, financial economics, regulatory impact analysis and mathematical economics.
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Philosophers who discussed Economist
- James Mill
- Samuel von Pufendorf
- Murray Rothbard
- Frank P. Ramsey
- Sergei Bulgakov
- Michael Oakeshott
- Young Marx
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- Louis Althusser
- David Hume
- Allan Bloom
- Vladimir Bazarov
- Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński
- Gian Domenico Romagnosi
- Alexandru Dragomir
Related ideas
- Pierre Bourdieu
- Friedrich Hayek
- Government
- Gross domestic product
- Philosophy
- Deregulation
- Interdisciplinarity
- Public policy
- Karl Marx
- Adam Smith
- Harvard University
- Sociology
- Mathematics
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thomas Sowell
- Law
- Marxism
- Interventionism (politics)
- Milton Friedman
- University
- B. R. Ambedkar
- Management
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Economic policy
Place in the tradition
Part of British philosophy.