(sociology) The ability of an individual or family to improve their income, and social status, in an individual lifetime or between generations.

plural of economic nationalism

Economic policies that favour the home nation, sometimes at the expense of other nations.

(economics) Real or financial capital, or the two together.

Of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors.

The freedom to produce, trade and consume any goods and services acquired without the use of force, fraud or theft.

(economics) the amount of recompense paid to a factor of production on top of its transfer earnings; this does not encompass costs incurred during the process of production or service

A period of economic slowdown characterised by declining productivity and devaluing of financial institutions often due to reckless and unsustainable money lending.

A person who emigrates from one region to another to seek an improvement in living standards.

The ideological belief in organising the economy on individual lines in such a way as to have the greatest possible number of economic decisions made by individuals or households and not by collective institutions or organisations.