microeconomics
noun
mi·cro·eco·nom·ics
ˌmī-krō-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-miks 
-ˌē-kə-
plural in form but usually singular in construction
: a study of economics in terms of individual areas of activity (such as a firm) compare macroeconomics
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PredictIt makes its data publicly available, and dozens of research institutions have made use of it for studies of microeconomics and political behavior.
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Ben Terris, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
The new major will be fully integrated into Wharton’s current curriculum, meaning students will still take foundational courses like microeconomics and marketing.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
Councilman Devyn Keith said microeconomics says anyone with an extra $1,000 spends that in the local economy.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2022
Inflation is both the result of total spending running ahead of the economy’s capacity to supply goods and services (macroeconomics), and idiosyncratic behavior in one industry or another (microeconomics).
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
As a matter of both psychology and microeconomics, that makes perfect sense.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 5 Mar. 2022
Whether inflation reached 7% in December, the highest since 1982, mostly because of macroeconomics or microeconomics might be today’s most pressing economic question.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
The money will back education and research efforts in applied microeconomics, business, digital medicine, global health, neuroscience, and translational research programs at the university’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
—Maria Di Mento, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2021
In the spring of 2021, using CORE, Carlin was teaching microeconomics and macroeconomics to hundreds of undergraduates from more than a dozen countries at University College London.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021
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Ben Terris, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
The new major will be fully integrated into Wharton’s current curriculum, meaning students will still take foundational courses like microeconomics and marketing.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
Councilman Devyn Keith said microeconomics says anyone with an extra $1,000 spends that in the local economy.
—Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2022
Inflation is both the result of total spending running ahead of the economy’s capacity to supply goods and services (macroeconomics), and idiosyncratic behavior in one industry or another (microeconomics).
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
As a matter of both psychology and microeconomics, that makes perfect sense.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 5 Mar. 2022
Whether inflation reached 7% in December, the highest since 1982, mostly because of macroeconomics or microeconomics might be today’s most pressing economic question.
—Greg Ip, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
The money will back education and research efforts in applied microeconomics, business, digital medicine, global health, neuroscience, and translational research programs at the university’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
—Maria Di Mento, oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2021
In the spring of 2021, using CORE, Carlin was teaching microeconomics and macroeconomics to hundreds of undergraduates from more than a dozen countries at University College London.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2021
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First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
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“Microeconomics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microeconomics. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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