Economics is a social science that studies human behavior and welfare as a relationship between ends socially required and scarce means which have alternative uses (Lionel Robbins, 1935). (This is not the only definition of economics; instead it is the dominant one.) Many of the arguments and techniques of modern economics involve mathematics, ranging from simple school-level mathematics to highly advanced mathematical techniques.

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S cont. Stolper-Samuelson theorem Stylized facts Subordinated (debt) Subsidy Sunk cost Supply and demand Supply shock Symmetrical inflation target Systemic risk T Technical change Technological change Terms of trade The Long Tail Time preference Time preference theory of interest Tolerances versus preferences Total personal income Transaction cost Treuhand Triangle model Triple bottom line Two-part tariff U Underdevelopment Underemployment Unemployment types Universal Forum of the Cultures Universe (economics) Utility V Value Value of Earth Value theory Vendor lock-in Vendor lock-out Verdoorn's Law Vertical integration Vertical monopoly W Water privatization Wealth Wealth condensation Workers' council Workforce World economy X X-inefficiency Y Yield Z Zero growth