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Country Complexity Rankings [1] Rank Country Economic complexity index (2018) Change in 5 years (2013-18) Change in 10 years (2008-18) 1 Japan: 2.43 2 Switzerland: 2.17 1 1 3 Republic of Korea: 2.11 4 8 4 Germany: 2.09 2 2 5 Singapore: 1.85 1 6 Austria: 1.81 2 1 7 Czech Republic: 1.80 1 2 8 Sweden: 1.70 3 9 Hungary: 1.66 5 10 Slovenia: 1.62 3 3 11
Regional economic geography examines the economic conditions of particular regions or countries of the world. It deals with economic regionalization as well as local economic development. Historical economic geography examines the history and development of spatial economic structure. Using historical data, it examines how centers of population ...
An economic system, or economic order, [1] is a system of production, resource allocation and distribution of goods and services within a society. It includes the combination of the various institutions, agencies, entities, decision-making processes, and patterns of consumption that comprise the economic structure of a given community.
The world economy or global economy is the economy of all humans in the world, referring to the global economic system, which includes all economic activities conducted both within and between nations, including production, consumption, economic management, work in general, financial transactions and trade of goods and services.
A given economy is a set of processes that involves its culture, values, education, technological evolution, history, social organization, political structure, legal systems, and natural resources as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions.
A mixed economy is a largely market-based capitalist economy consisting of both private and public ownership of the means of production and economic interventionism through macroeconomic policies intended to correct market failures, reduce unemployment and keep inflation low. The degree of intervention in markets varies among different countries.
In this year’s World Happiness Report, the U.S. fell from No. 15 to No. 23 on the list. This is the first time the U.S. has not been one of the top 20 happiest places in the report’s history.
Economic globalization refers to the widespread international movement of goods, capital, services, technology and information. It is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital ...