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political economy

noun

  1. a social science dealing with political policies and economic processes, their interrelations, and their influence on social institutions.
  2. (in the 17th–18th centuries) the art of management of communities, especially as affecting the wealth of a government.
  3. (in the 19th century) a social science similar to modern economics but dealing chiefly with governmental policies.


political economy

noun

  1. the former name for economics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of political economy1

First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences

The real challenge for Russia’s decarbonization is not the political economy of hydrocarbons or even revenue.

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They oversaw the transition of the country’s political economy from an unruly and highly competitive form of proprietary capitalism to a more managed economy dominated by large corporate firms.

He weaves together botany, brain sciences, evolutionary biology and political economy into a sort of grand unified theory of drugs.

My view is that GOP interest in reining in the power of digital platforms is based more on politics than on economics or political economy.

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The challenge to come will be shaping the new common sense about political economy into a practical program to deliver on its promise.

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Many, if not most Americans, recognize that our political economy is not working for the majority of the country.

At 20, Odeh went to study at the American University of Beirut where she studied political economy.

He inculcates his students in political economy of the severest "virtue of selfishness" type.

For example, there is the political economy question: Is America turning into a plutocracy?

Arthur Brooks book doesn't engage with the political economy question.

He wrote on law, medical jurisprudence and political economy, and translated Justinian and Broussais.

He published several volumes on political economy, and was much interested in statistics.

There is no such thing as a gay book on political economy for reading in a hammock.

But M. Roland long ago manifested his knowledge of, and his attachment to, the great principles of political economy.

Geography, teaches a knowledge of the world, and Political Economy, a knowledge of the wealth of nations; or how to make money.

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