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111Social enterprise — Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose. Their aim to accomplish targets that are social and environmental as well as financial is often referred to as having a triple… …
112Optimization (mathematics) — In mathematics, the term optimization, or mathematical programming, refers to the study of problems in which one seeks to minimize or maximize a real function by systematically choosing the values of real or integer variables from within an… …
113Lottery — ticket redirects here. For the film, see Lottery Ticket (film). For other uses, see Lottery (disambiguation). A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others… …
114Fundamental theorems of welfare economics — There are two fundamental theorems of welfare economics. The first states that any competitive equilibrium or Walrasian equilibrium leads to an efficient allocation of resources. The second states the converse, that any efficient allocation can… …
115Mathematical economics — Economics …
116Paul Samuelson — Paul A. Samuelson Neo Keynesian economics Photo taken 1950 (age 35) Born May 15, 1915(1915 05 15) Gary …
117Expected utility hypothesis — In economics, game theory, and decision theory the expected utility hypothesis is a theory of utility in which betting preferences of people with regard to uncertain outcomes (gambles) are represented by a function of the payouts (whether in… …
118Corner solution — A corner solution is a special solution to an agent s maximization problem in which the quantity of one of the arguments in the maximized function is zero. The more usual solution will lie in the non zero interior at the point of tangency between …
119Critique of capitalism — Capitalism has been critiqued from many perspectives during its history. Criticisms range from people who disagree with the principles of capitalism in its entirety, to those who disagree with particular outcomes of capitalism. Among those… …
120Criticism of capitalism — This article lists arguments against capitalism, For a summary of ideologies opposed to capitalism, see Anti capitalism. Part of a series on Capitalism …
