Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Society and social sciences

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Total 927 articles.

Class #Articles
FA 8
GA 30
B 289
C 447
FFA 35
DGA 47
FFLC 1
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Society and social sciences edit

This section contains 927 articles.

Society and social sciences: General edit

This section contains 8 articles.

Anthropology edit

This section contains 6 articles.

Business and economics edit

This section contains 126 articles.

Business and economics: General edit

This section contains 75 articles.

  1. Business (Level 2)
  2. Company
    1. Corporation (Level 3)
      1. Multinational corporation
    2. Partnership
  3. E-commerce
  4. Economics (Level 2)
    1. Macroeconomics
    2. Microeconomics
    3. Econometrics
    4. Economic growth
    5. Economy (Level 3)
      1. Economy of China
      2. Economy of the European Union
      3. Economy of the United States
    6. Gross domestic product
      1. Goods
      2. Service
    7. Inflation
    8. Deflation
    9. Labour economics
    10. Market
      1. Black market
      2. Market failure
      3. Monopoly
      4. Perfect competition
      5. Supply and demand (Level 3)
    11. Productivity
    12. Subsidy
  5. Tax (Level 3)
    1. Income tax
    2. Property tax
    3. Sales tax
    4. Value-added tax
  6. Trade (Level 2)
    1. International trade
    2. Protectionism
  7. Management (Level 3)
    1. Logistics
  8. Marketing (Level 3)
    1. Advertising
      1. Brand
    2. Sales
  9. Retail (Level 3)
    1. Shopping mall
    2. Supermarket
  10. Property (Level 3)
    1. Capital (economics)
    2. Agriculture (Level 2)
    3. Construction (Level 3)
    4. Energy industry
    5. Film industry
    6. Fishing industry
    7. Forestry
    8. Fur trade
    9. Hunting (Level 3)
      1. Fishing (Level 3)
      2. Whaling
    10. Manufacturing (Level 2)
      1. Aerospace manufacturer
      2. Automotive industry
      3. Chemical industry
      4. Clothing industry
      5. Food industry
      6. Textile manufacturing
    11. Mining (Level 3)
    12. Music industry
  11. Insurance (Level 3)
  12. Investment
    1. Derivative (finance)
    2. Real estate
    3. Stock
    4. Stock exchange
      1. New York Stock Exchange
      2. London Stock Exchange

Banking and finance edit

This section contains 21 articles.

Banking and finance: General edit

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Accounting
  2. Bank (Level 3)
  3. Bankruptcy
  4. Cheque
  5. Debit card
  6. Debt
    1. Credit card
    2. Interest
    3. Loan
      1. Mortgage
  7. Finance (Level 3)

Money edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Money (Level 3)
  2. Currency
    1. Banknote
    2. Coin
    3. Exchange rate

Specific currencies edit

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Euro
  2. Japanese yen
  3. Pound sterling
  4. Renminbi
  5. United States dollar

Employment edit

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Domestic worker
  2. Employment (Level 3)
  3. Layoff
  4. Retirement
    1. Pension
  5. Unemployment
  6. Wage
  7. Work

Companies edit

This section contains 22 articles.

Companies: General edit

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Alibaba Group
  2. Amazon
  3. Apple Inc.
  4. AT&T
  5. Facebook
  6. General Electric
  7. Google
    1. YouTube
  8. IBM
  9. McDonald's
  10. Microsoft
  11. Nestlé
  12. Samsung
  13. Standard Oil
  14. Walmart
  15. Wikipedia

Car companies edit

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Ford Motor Company
  2. General Motors
  3. Toyota
  4. Volkswagen

Media companies edit

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Nintendo
  2. The Walt Disney Company

For other media companies, see under Mass media

Culture edit

This section contains 36 articles.

Education edit

This section contains 49 articles.

Educational institutions edit

This section contains 31 articles.

Ethnology edit

This section contains 38 articles.

International organizations edit

This section contains 29 articles.

Language edit

This section contains 198 articles.

Basics edit

This section contains 62 articles.

Language families edit

This section contains 28 articles.

Alphabets and writing systems edit

This section contains 17 articles.

Specific languages edit

This section contains 91 articles.

This section contains 85 articles. For legal history see History of other topics

Mass media edit

This section contains 47 articles. For technology of mass communication, television, radio, etc., see technology section

Politics and government edit

This section contains 74 articles.

Psychology edit

This section contains 81 articles. For psychological disorders see Mental disorders

Society edit

This section contains 79 articles.

Sociology edit

This section contains 22 articles.

War and military edit

This section contains 49 articles. See also Military technology