Glasgow, United Kingdom

Economics and Psychology

Bachelor's
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Economics and Psychology at University of Strathclyde

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: economy and administration
Qualification: BA
Kind of studies: full-time studies
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
University website: www.strath.ac.uk

Definitions and quotes

Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Psychology
Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope and diverse interests that, when taken together, seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of epiphenomena they manifest. As a social science it aims to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases.
Economics
Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.
Economy is a great revenue.
Economics
Economics is, in essence, the study of poverty.
Ronald Max Hartwell, The Long Debate on Poverty (1972), p. 3
Economics
Economists have never allowed their analysis to be influenced by psychologists of their time, but have always framed for themselves such assumptions about psychical processes as they have thought it desirable to make.
Joseph Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, 1945. p. 27
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