Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics

WikiProject Economics
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This is a WikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free to talk to us!

This WikiProject focuses on improving articles related to the field of economics.

Goals

The goal of this project is to provide a forum for discussion of economics articles and topics, and through discussion, provide guidelines for articles related to the field of economics.
The vision of this project is to improve every economics article substantially so that every article reaches the level of quality of a Featured Article.
The aspiration of this project is to make Wikipedia an authoritative guide to economics.

Vehicles for discussion include relevant sections below and at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics.

Editing guidelines

When editing, project members should keep in mind the core Wikipedia content policies, Verifiability, No original research and Neutral point of view.

Economic theories and viewpoints presented should be supported by reliable sources. Academic and peer-reviewed publications are highly valued and usually the most reliable sources in areas where they are available.
Various economic theories and viewpoints should be given due weight in proportion to their prominence in reliable sources.
Regarding validity, peripheral or parochial theories should not have their centrality to the discipline misrepresented. We should describe mainstream and majority views as such, and minority views as such.

WikiProject Economics/Reliable sources and weight gives guidance on obtaining reliable sources and assigning due weight in economics articles. WikiProject Economics/Style guide describes a proposed style for economics articles.

Announcements

Archived :: 2011 and before ::

Article alerts

Did you know

05 Jul 2026 – Guy Standing (economist) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by 1timeuse75 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

21 Jul 2026 – Joseph Haslag (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bkatcher (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
19 Jul 2026 – Ali Nasir (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by BookishReader (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
18 Jul 2026 – Article of commerce (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Metallurgist (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
06 Jul 2026 – Lima Consensus (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Allan Nonymous (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
13 Jul 2026 – Nick Ezeh (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Kqol (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 21 Jul 2026; see discussion (6 participants)
04 Jul 2026 – Zhenjiang Vinegar Industry Park (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Amigao (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 18 Jul 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
25 Jun 2026 – Deflated Sharpe ratio (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Shabbychef (t · c) was closed as delete by Goldsztajn (t · c) on 19 Jul 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

13 Jul 2026 – Tariff of 1872 (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted
13 Jul 2026 – Tariff of 1875 (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted
09 Jul 2026 – Equalism (socio-economic theory) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Macrakis (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 09 Jul 2026 was deleted

Categories for discussion

02 Jun 2026 – Category:Employee relations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

28 Jun 2026 – Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vermont (t · c); see discussion
20 Apr 2026 – Kevin Warsh (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion
09 Aug 2025 – Stephen Miran (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

12 Jul 2026 – Fractional-reserve banking (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Reissgo (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

11 Jul 2026 – Economy of the Iroquois (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Economy of the Haudenosaunee by SargassoShearwater (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

26 Mar 2026 – Economic history of the United States (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by A. Randomdude0000 (t · c); see discussion
17 Feb 2026 – Industrial Revolution (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Ingminatacam (t · c); see discussion
21 May 2025 – List of regions of Baltic States by Human Development Index (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 197.23.51.219 (t · c); see discussion
25 Jun 2024 – Paul Davidson (economist) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Peaceray (t · c); see discussion
05 Jan 2021 – Poverty threshold (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tom.Reding (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

19 Jul 2026 – Draft:22 Corporations of Fascist Italy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Netzachbenor613 (t · c)
16 Jul 2026 – Draft:Asycuda (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ganbajeba (t · c)
15 Jul 2026 – Draft:Broadview Federal Credit Union (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
15 Jul 2026 – Draft:Mark Frederick Figueroa (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Profjamrock (t · c)
14 Jul 2026 – Draft:Jetson Leder-Luis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FirstWelfareTheorem (t · c)
14 Jul 2026 – Draft:Magda Ositashvili (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pedia Research (t · c)
09 Jul 2026 – Draft:Francis Green (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
08 Jul 2026 – Draft:Yan Wang (economist) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by HRShami (t · c)
01 Jul 2026 – Draft:3 Comma Capital (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Duartecaldas (t · c)
30 Jun 2026 – Draft:Fossilflation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Annacarenin (t · c)

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Open tasks

Current tasks

This WikiProject section has a backlog that requires the attention of willing editors.
Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

For sources please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics/Archive 8#Current tasks.

Help bring Adam Smith to featured article status.
- Visit Talk:Adam Smith for a list of what still needs to be done.
Help bring Geoeconomics to good article status.
Please help bring the article on the 2010 US foreclosure crisis up to speed - it is listed as a high priority start class article in WikiProject Economics
Add to Capability Approach a section on postcolonial critiques
The Genuine progress indicator article needs to be developed
Resolve Progressive tax dispute: does more progressive tax require less total tax, all else being equal?
Inclusive growth needs information about historical outcomes, measurements, and determinants.
Negative interest on excess reserves and other monetary policy articles need information about rent-seeking and balancing contractionary outcomes
Tax policy and economic inequality in the United States accuracy dispute
Economy of the United States multiple accuracy, NPOV, and WP:COMPREHENSIVE coverage disputes
Unemployment in the United States needs information about inflation targeting, rent-seeking, historical outcomes, and determinants
Universal health care and Single-payer health care need more detailed information about the fiscal impact of inefficient healthcare delivery and lack of preventative care from under-insured populations
Capital gains tax in the United States needs additional information about historical outcomes, implications for growth and unemployment, measurements, and determinants
Expansion of the article on the recent Nobel Prize winner, Jean Tirole should be done. Ifly6 (talk) 04:56, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Bring the Petrodollar article to an acceptable state
Article needs help... Financial intermediary.
Consumer economy needs assessment from an expert in the subject,

Assessing articles

See WikiProject Economics/Assessment for more details.
- Tag the talk page of economics-related articles with {{WikiProject Economics}} if it has not been tagged already.
- Go to Category:Unassessed_Economics_articles and assign a quality rating to articles listed there.
- Go to Category:Unknown-importance Economics articles and assign a priority rating to articles listed there.

Common tasks

Tag economics-related articles with the project banner, if they have not yet been tagged.
Fulfill article requests.
Answer requests for comments

Participants

To add yourself to the list of project participants, go to the Category:WikiProject Economics participants page, and list your name there.
- Active participants - Census circa April 2010
If you would like to display the project's userbox, place {{User WikiProject Economics}} on your user page, like this:

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ExpertIdeas

A number of economists and psychologists have been invited to comment on articles using a mostly automated process involving User:ExpertIdeasBot, a bot of User:I.yeckehzaare. To help out with the approximately 9000 edit requests, see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/ExpertIdeas.

Articles

Wiki work statistics

Economics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	6	10			18
FL		2	2				4
A			1				1
GA	2	9	26	50		1	88
B	29	181	332	408		23	973
C	59	409	910	2,007		103	3,488
Start	7	323	1,370	5,484	2	190	7,376
Stub		49	486	3,041		45	3,621
List	15	38	121	275		3	452
Category					5,918		5,918
Disambig					40		40
File					73		73
Portal					312		312
Redirect	1	22	83	221	549		876
Template					386		386
NA					35		35
Other					189		189
Assessed	113	1,035	3,337	11,496	7,504	365	23,850
Unassessed					1	7	8
Total	113	1,035	3,337	11,496	7,505	372	23,858
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 75,653			Ω = 4.86

Quality operations

Quality operations: A bot-generated detail log for Economics articles.

Popular pages

Popular pages: A bot-generated list of pageviews, useful for focused cleanup of frequently viewed articles.

The following is for historic interest.

Month	Most viewed	Views/day	Assessment	Importance
January 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	9589	List	Top
February 2015	Gold as an investment	100740	???	???
March 2015	Bitcoin	74527	C	Mid
April 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	8873	List	High
May 2015	John Forbes Nash, Jr.	21655	C	High
June 2015	Quasi-maximum likelihood	40319	Stub	Low
July 2015	Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles	19810	Start	Mid
August 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	6963	List	High
September 2015	List of countries by GDP (nominal)	6639	List	High
October 2015	Stephen Harper	12857	GA	Mid
November 2015	G-20 major economies	8352	B	Mid
December 2015	Bitcoin	6854	C	Mid

(view | edit | 2014)

Featured content

Featured articles

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Featured lists

List of recessions in the United States

Candidates

New articles

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Please feel free to list your new articles on journals or journals-related topics here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.

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