The Golden Rule describes a "reciprocal" or "two-way" relationship between one's self and others that involves both sides equally and in a mutual fashion.

Golden Rule may also refer to:

Economics

  • Golden Rule (fiscal policy), a rule adopted in the UK by HM Treasury to provide guidelines for fiscal policy
  • Golden Rule savings rate, the savings rate which maximizes consumption in the Solow growth model

Science

  • Fermi's golden rule, a formula of quantum mechanics
  • Ronen's golden rule for cluster radioactivity, in nuclear physics

Business

  • Golden Rule Airlines, an airline in Kyrgyzstan that ceased operations in 2011
  • Golden Rule Insurance Company, an American health insurance company that was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in 2003
  • Golden Rule Store, the original name of J. C. Penney, an American department store chain

Entertainment

  • Golden Rule (album), the seventh studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger
  • Golden Rule (EP), an EP by Golden State
  • "That Golden Rule," a song by Biffy Clyro
  • "3-Way (The Golden Rule)," a song by The Lonely Island
  • "Golden Rule," a space habitat in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Golden Rule, a 1961 magazine cover painting by Norman Rockwell

Miscellaneous

  • Golden rule (law), or the British Rule, a form of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts
  • Golden Rule (ship), a boat skippered by Albert Bigelow used in a nuclear-weapons protest
  • Samuel M. Jones (1846–1904), a.k.a. "Golden Rule" Jones, mayor of Toledo, Ohio
  • Rule of three (mathematics), also known as Golden Rule, a particular form of cross-multiplication in elementary mathematics
  • Goldwater rule, an ethics related rule on commenting individuals' mental status without examining them personally or exposing them publicly without consent.

See also

  • Great Commandment, cited by Jesus
  • Golden ratio (disambiguation)
  • Rule of thirds (disambiguation)