Economics A-Level
Flow vs Stock
What Flow vs Stock means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Flow vs Stock
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Income is a flow of money received over a specific period, whereas wealth is a stock of assets owned at a particular point in time.
Topics that use Flow vs Stock
- The distribution of income and wealth (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Asset Ownership
- Asset Price Inflation
- Equality
- Equity
- Equity vs efficiency
- Gini coefficient
- Government intervention
- Incentives
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