#economic_theory  (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)
  supertype:  #theory  a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
  part of:  #economics
  subtype:  #consumerism.economic_theory  the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
  subtype:  #Keynesianism  the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business activity and increase employment
  subtype:  #liberalism.economic_theory  an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market and the gold standard
  subtype:  #Malthusianism__Malthusian_theory  Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
  subtype:  #monetarism  an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money

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