Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Economics

Your thoughts on AI generated graphs?

It would be great if you could comment at Talk:Social cost of carbon#AI generated image Chidgk1 (talk) 13:55, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Journal of Economic Literature classification codes#Requested move 22 August 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Journal of Economic Literature classification codes#Requested move 22 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 02:17, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Ad valorem tax needs WikiProject Economics help

It's a mess. In 2021, a 6 edit account added references that I am certain economists and interested folks would go "Oh yeah..."Hooper 2008"! I know who/what that is!" Well, I am just kind of Wikignoming my way around Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors and "Ad valorem tax" is sitting right at the top of the A's so...
So, if some of you Economics folks could and would figure out what Hooper 2008 + Rothbard 2004 + Say 1880 are referring to and fix Sfn cites that have no complete reference to target, that would be frigging AWESOME. I did find one paper/source/whatever - listed below - that refers to "Hooper 2008" but am not sure how good of a reference it is. And it still isn't the HOOPER 2008.

• Value Added Tax: Mastering Value Added Tax, a Comprehensive Guide to Financial Literacy by Fouad Sabry

Thanks O WikiProject Economics Participants...you are my only hope. - Shearonink (talk) 21:48, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Seems like these sources and possible the content cited (need to check a bit more) are taken from Ad valorem tax - New World Encyclopedia. The proper, exact source citations can be found there in the reference section. Will start cleaning up the mess once I can make some time. Pragmatic Puffin (talk) 12:41, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Pragmatic Puffin Yay! Thanks for anything you can do. I've fixed as much of the issues as I can and at this point?...I've given up. I was able to take care of all the Harv warnings and most of the Harv errors but here are 3 Harv errors left - a malformed Harvtxt - "harvtxt|George|1897", Ref #13 - Hooper 2008, & Ref #14 - Rothbard 2004. Plus this poor article is littered with multiple maintenance templates - 3 "full citation needed"s, 1 citation needed, 1 Unreferenced section (from April 2011!), 1 "Refimprove section", & 1 "Expand section (from 2008!!!) A (helpful...) administrator went through the article in August 2025 & tagged the Analysis section with refimprove and also tagged the Rothbard & Hooper cites with fcn & pn templates. - Shearonink (talk) 14:21, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Draft:Thomas Gale Moore

Could someone here please provide input at Draft:Thomas Gale Moore? (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 03:40, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello, Please note that Economics of climate change mitigation, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing! Delivered by — MusikBot talk 00:10, 15 September 2025 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team

Suggestion regarding removal of titles that include "Financial services in *"

Reviewing such articles with intitle:"" modifier, I didn't observe one article that provided any information or knowledge that isn't already in Financial services article, other than this country/region provides these services. Requesting comments regarding the encyclopedic suitability of such articles. Greatder (talk) 14:12, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Nobel notice

Peter Howitt (economist), Joel Mokyr and Philippe Aghion just won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Articles need heavy editing and sourcing if they want to make it into the WP:ITN. ReyHahn (talk) 10:28, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Also please consider leaving your feedback at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.--ReyHahn (talk) 20:15, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of sovereign states by employment rate#Requested move 25 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of sovereign states by employment rate#Requested move 25 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 15:21, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Employment-to-population ratio#Requested move 25 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Employment-to-population ratio#Requested move 25 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 15:23, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for International Finance Corporation

International Finance Corporation has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:35, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

New article: Alberto Forchielli

Hello, I've created a new article on Alberto Forchielli, a biography of a living person (BLP), translated from the current, accepted Italian Wikipedia page (it:Alberto Forchielli). This new version is based on current notability and sourcing, which resolves the concerns from the 2017 deletion. Feedback is welcome. Thanks! Digressivo (talk) 18:56, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Request for review: Project Business Management

Hello,

A new article titled Project Business Management has been drafted and seeks review from editors familiar with economic activity, GDP accounting, and project-based industries.

The topic addresses projects delivered under commercial contracts between legally independent organisations. Because these projects involve market transactions, they contribute directly to GDP, in contrast to purely internal organisational projects. The article summarises peer-reviewed research on commercial project delivery, inter-organisational coordination, governance structures, and contracting forms in economically significant sectors such as construction, engineering, energy, infrastructure, and defence.

Any feedback on structure, terminology, accuracy or economic framing would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you. Gonrubma (talk) 07:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Eurasian Land Bridge

Eurasian Land Bridge has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 17:35, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Francis Amasa Walker

Francis Amasa Walker has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:56, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Discussion about WikiProject banner templates

For WikiProjects that participate in rating articles, the banners for talk pages usually say something like:

• "This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale."

There is a proposal to change the default wording on the banners to say "priority" instead of "importance". This could affect the template for your group. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council#Proposal to update wording on WikiProject banners. Stefen 𝕋ower ^{Huddle • Handiwerk} 19:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC) (on behalf of the WikiProject Council)

English variety discussed at Talk:AI bubble

Your input at the following link is welcome: Talk:AI bubble#Which English variety? George Ho (talk) 23:43, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Requested move to uppercase War on Poverty at Talk:War on poverty#Requested move 19 January 2026

This RM may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:00, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:War on poverty#Requested move 19 January 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:War on poverty#Requested move 19 January 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 03:03, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Government debt as a percentage of GDP

I've noticed that it's common on many articles to express a country's debt as a percentage of its GDP. For example, in National debt of the United States, "debt held by the public was estimated at 96.19% of GDP." This can be misleading, as percents are usually used for fractions where 100% is the maximum or has special significance. Since GDP is an annual quantity, the debt-to-GDP ratio is actually a duration, not a fraction. So it seems to me that it would be better to say "0.9619 years of GDP" or "0.9619 times GDP". What would you all think about a project-wide conversion from percentage notation to one of those?

I know the percentage notation is common in economic literature, but since Wikipedia is aimed at a general audience, I think it would be valuable to adjust how we write this number to help clarify its meaning to the noneconomist. And here's at least one source that calls out the problem with the percentage notation: Sheard, Pault. "Beware The Government Debt-To_GDP Ratio". NDTV Profit. Retrieved 2026-02-11. Justin Kunimune (talk) 13:09, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Global Connectivity Index#Requested move 29 January 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Global Connectivity Index#Requested move 29 January 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:23, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Duane Swank

Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 01:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Which raises the obvious question: notability? (per Wikipedia:Notability (academics). 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC)