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This article was nominated for deletion on February 5, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

This is oversimplified, but the basic distinction in financial theories is easiest to state as between those that assume that economic growth is being accurately measured and that everything keyed to those is increasing in price reliably with exceptions per sector, and those that assume it is not measured accurately, and thus resort to looking at direct fundamental constraints like the scarcity of goods. These are the people who use the phrases uneconomic growth, casino capitalism, etc., to describe what growth economics is doing. It's sort of "bull theories vs. bear theories". Now *most* of the constraint, bear, scarcity theories are creditary economics because they find debt a poor way to manage scarcity. And most of the cyclic, bull, growth-is-good theories are debt-based and assume central banking actually works to reflect real scarcities. But that's a bit much of an oversimplification so I hesitate to describe it as "debit finance" vs. "creditary finance" as some have done.

Is there another distinction that can be made?

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I think an alphabetical list would be very valuable, especially for topics that fit in multiple categories, or especially categories that fit in multiple categories. Is it better to have the duplicate alphabetical list in a separate article or just at the bottom of the categorical one? I'm leaning towards the latter now, after I created the separate one. By way of comparison, List of economics topics is only alphabetical.

Also, I started the alphabetical list, but quickly reallized it would be very easy for someone good at perl or other text processing skills to take the current topical list and alphabatize it, stripping the wikification, or even preserving the [[ ]] for links. Other opinions would be appreciated. - Taxman 20:10, May 25, 2004 (UTC)

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I should like to change this list a little: There are four different objects of trading at the financial markets: Commodities, stocks, bonds or interest rates (includes long, i.e. bonds, and short maturities, i.e. monney markets), and currencies. Hannes Tilgner

Hannes, how would you consider changing it? Your definition leaves out derivatives which are different from your four. Also the money market, which though mostly similar to the bond markets, is a little different in that it is not just short maturity bonds but also repurchase agreements and other non-bond oddities. I would tend to agree that the currency markets are not part of the money market, in the way it is usually referred to, but I don't have much experience with it.

Btw, Hannes, consider creating an account as it has some advantages, as we can respond more easily to you, etc. - Taxman 16:23, May 26, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 The History of finance 2 Community 3 one topic is missing on the article 4 So is this.... 5 "Commercial finance" 6 7.4 Regulatory Bodies

[edit] The History of finance

The "history of finance" is exclusively depressions and crashes?--Jerryseinfeld 07:39, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Maybe editing Wikipedia turns us all into pessimists. :) Or maybe there are no spiritually enriching chapters in the history of finance. What additional articles would you suggest? We don't want finance to become known as the "dismal science". There is another topic that is more properly associated with that moniker. :) mydogategodshat 19:12, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Obviously, a history of finance dealing with only panics and crashes is unacceptable for Wikipedia. The history of finance is primarily the history of evolving financial institutions, instruments, and practices. I think that for a complete understanding, the history of financial theory (Fisher, Markowitz, etc.) needs to be covered in this section too. -Larry Siegel —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.195.186 (talk) 18:31, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Community

If you have an interest in the Economics and Business section of Wikipedia, drop by at The Business and Economics Forum.

[edit] one topic is missing on the article

Collective investment scheme

Just added. -- Szvest 12:34, 30 October 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up ®}

[edit] So is this....

Socially responsible investing

[edit] "Commercial finance"

A new article on Commercial Finance was created a day or two ago. The purpose of the article is not obvious, and it is not effectively interconnected with other articles on the general subject. Wikipedians with expertise on the subject should examine the situation. --orlady 19:01, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 7.4 Regulatory Bodies

The European Union has a significant role in Financial Regulation. There are several regulatory bodies associated with the European Union. One means of creating financial market regulation in the European Union is the use of directives. artichoc 20:12, 19 June 2007 (UTC)