Tag: economists

DefinitionFeatherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless,...

What is 'False Signal' In technical analysis, a false signal refers to an indication of future price movements which gives an inaccurate...

DefinitionA wealth tax is a levy on the total value of personal assets, including: bank deposits, real estate, assets in insurance and pension plans,...

DefinitionWassily Wassilyevich Leontief, was a Russian-American economist known for his research on input-output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other...

Definition The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s. The scale and...

What is 'Gather In The Stops' A trading strategy of driving down a stock's price by selling large amounts of stock in...

DefinitionGary Stanley Becker was an American economist and empiricist. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago. Described as...

Who is George Akerlof George A. Akerlof is an American economist who won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is a University...

What is a recession and how does it affect the average person A recession is a period of economic decline in which trade and investment...

DefinitionDavid Ricardo was a British political economist, one of the most influential of the classical economists along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James...