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 * Economic History: Economic history
 * I chose this article because took Econ 200 last year and thought. its was a very interesting topic, therefore I wanted to learn some brief history.

Lead

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This article begins by explaining explaining the definition of "Economic History". Which then continues into how this subject plays a very large role within every society/ nation today. The major sections of this article include, "Early History of the Discipline", "Scope and focus of the discipline today" and "Academic journals and societies". Some things that aren't stated after the lead are equality, finance and technology. The lead of this article is somewhat detailed due to the amount of subjects that were regarded, but it does have good point which are a good transition to the other sections.

Content

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Some of the articles content is somewhat unrelated. I say this because the history of capitalism plays a role within the whole aspect of economics, but the article is for the history. The content within this article is up to date, but there are some parts, especially within the Nobel Memorial Prize winners. I believe this article has a large variety of content ranging from numerous perspectives of economics and that there's no content missing. Yes, this article addresses topics which are related to underrepresented populations. Within the leads and one of the first sections, many different countries economy were described.

Tone and Balance

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This article is indeed neutral. The main subject of this article is very unbiased and allows the reader to learn new information from a non-biased source. There are no claims which are heavily biased. If I did see anything which are biased would be different point of views from different ages which have somewhat conflicting messages. Even though there are some different perspectives towards economics this articles doesn't persuade the reader towards. one position.

Sources and References

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Yes, this article is backed up by copious amounts of information. Within the different sections, not only does the information have cited sources, but they also have another attachment towards another article. The sources are very thorough and are up to date. The sources are from a diverse spectrum which allows new perspectives to shed their light on this topic. As well, the links within the sections work, and have credible information relating to this article.

Organization

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The article is somewhat clear within the organization. Besides the layout of the wiki page, it is very easy to follow. After reading this article numerous times I could not find any grammatical errors. As I stated prior, the layout of this article is somewhat sloppy and could have a better order of sections.

Images and Media

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The beginning of this article includes a graph representing the GPD per. capita in different continents around the world. This includes Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Former USSR, Latin America, Western Europe, Western Offshoots and the World Average. The images within this article are well captioned and the reader has a good understanding of what the image depicts.Yes, all pictures adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. The images within this article are visually appealing and are easy to gain understanding of the history of Economics.

Checking the talk page

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 * The conversations within the talk page are somewhat similar. A majority of editors explain to one another different history of economics, along with citing their sources. As well, the talk page is filled with new proposals to add, such as Cliometrics. This article is highly rated due to the vast amounts of editors, along with their useful information. This topic differs from what we've talked about in class. It's somewhat different due to the amount of information regarding the history and how that has shaped this subject into what it is today.

Overall impressions

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This article is one of the few articles on Wikipedia which I would read to learn new information. Some articles have false information, but this article has very skilled editors which have insightful information about Economics, which are backed up by copious amounts of sources. The article can be improved in some ways. First, the layout of this article is somewhat sloppy. The Images shown should have some correlation to what's being explained within the sections. I would say this. article is very close to being done, but there are very. minor things to sort out before this Wikipedia article in 100% completed.

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