political economy
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: the theory or study of the role of public policy in influencing the economic and social welfare of a political unit
political economist
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The long arc on the political economy of investing in clean energy and climate security points upward.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Importantly, contributors distinguish the efficiency advantages of different policy interventions—that is, their ability to reduce emissions at the lowest possible cost—from their political economy effects.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Early capitalism and its disciplinary concomitant, the then-nascent field of political economy, understood workers not as people, with a craving for vastness, but as animals, who aspire to nothing more ornate than subsistence.
—Becca Rothfeld, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
His scholarship focuses on public opinion, public policy, election science, and political economy.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Importantly, contributors distinguish the efficiency advantages of different policy interventions—that is, their ability to reduce emissions at the lowest possible cost—from their political economy effects.
—Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Early capitalism and its disciplinary concomitant, the then-nascent field of political economy, understood workers not as people, with a craving for vastness, but as animals, who aspire to nothing more ornate than subsistence.
—Becca Rothfeld, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
His scholarship focuses on public opinion, public policy, election science, and political economy.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Political economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20economy. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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