The Emergence Machine

Income

abstract · Economics · Level 15 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

Income arises from the distribution of goods and services, facilitated by the exchange of money, which is a symbol of value.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “income” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL15L14L13L12L2L1L0IncomeMoneyTradeExchange… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceDistributionActionChangeCollectionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesSavingsL16IncomeL15DistributionL1MoneyL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Distribution L1 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to income, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Money L14 (definitional)
    Money is part of the definition of income.

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