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- (The previous contents of the CZ:Economics Workgroup page, covering the years 2007 and 2008, is archived with the talk page contents [1]).
WELCOME TO THE ECONOMICS WORKGROUP
Contributions - drafting of new articles, comments on existing articles and editing of existing articles - are welcome, particularly from authors who are economics professionals or economics graduates or undergraduates.
Contributions from professionals or students of other disciplines concerning the clarity of existing articles are also very welcome. The main pages, addendum subpages and timeline subpages (but not the tutorials subpages) of the economics articles are intended to be readily accessible to educated non-economists (with the help of the glossaries on the related articles sub-pages where necessary). Comments drawing attention to passages that do not meet that requirement are particularly welcome.
Under the rules of Citizendium all authors and editors are entitled to edit existing articles, but experience has shown that misunderstandings tend to arise if alterations are made without first inviting discussion on the article's talk page - as a result, for example, of lack of awareness of the specialised interpretations that economists apply to some everyday terms. The CZ tradition is to be courteusly responsive to criticism.
As far as I am aware, the economics workgroup does not at present have an active economics editor. I am not an editor but I have been active as an economics author for just over a year, and I should be happy to show the ropes to newcomers, and to do what I can to help in other ways. You can contact me by putting a message on my user page [2] or on the discussion page of this workgroup page.
Nick Gardner 17:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Core articles
The 2007-8 part of this workgroup page contained a list of proposed "core articles", most of which have since been written (for a list, see the article on economics).
Still outstanding are the following:
- Budget deficit
- Business economics
- Economic history
- Economics of the firm
- Economic models
- Endogenous growth
- General equilibrium
- Precautionary principle
- Rational expectations
- Sustainability
Nick Gardner 17:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Notes on the format that has been adopted for the economics articles
With the agreement of the then economics editor Martin Baldwin Edwards, I have adopted the following practices.
- main page articles are written for the needs of non-economists and others who lack familiarity with mathematical and graphical means of expression;
- graphs, charts, equations and matter, the understanding of which, requires familiarity with economic theory are confined to the Tutorials subpage;
- subordinate material, the inclusion of which would disrupt the continuity of the presentation in the main table is normally placed on the Addendum subpage;
- maximum use is made of the Timelines subpages;
- generally acceptable sources are quoted for every statement on any of the pages that is likely to have a significant influence upon the reader's understanding.
Nick Gardner 19:30, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Use the Forum !
You can air your views on all matters concerning the economics articles, other than those that only concern an individual article - and that could trigger a lively and informative debate.
Nick Gardner 19:30, 17 January 2009 (UTC)