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Institutions as the 'Rules of the Game' in Economics
In economics, the term 'institution' refers to the collection of formal laws and informal social norms that structure interactions among people and with the biosphere. This framework is also called 'the rules of the game,' and the two terms are treated as synonymous, used interchangeably to define the governing principles of an economic system.
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