Political economy

The interaction of [[power]] and [[value]].

Political economy is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the distribution of national income and wealth.

– Political economy - Wikipedia

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• The Fundamentals of Marxism: Historical Materialism, Dialectics, & Political Economy

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Political economy

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What is political economy?

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The study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government

and with the distribution of national income and wealth.

political economy

Prior to the science of economics taking form, “political economy” broadly speaking referred to economics. “Economics” in this sense refers to the original Greek (οικος, “oikos”), which means something more like “affars of the household”.