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
noun
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Whoever controls the electromagnetic spectrum, secures the provenance of data, and fields resilient sensing systems will shape not only military outcomes but the political economy of the coming decades.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Meredith Whittaker, currently the president of the Signal Foundation, has criticized the political economy of the tech industry, where AI is used by powerful actors in ways that can entrench marginalization.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
But China’s green tech boom is exposing a more sinister and systemic aspect of the country’s political economy.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
But there’s also an alternate future—perhaps one that more resembles the political economy of the present—where tech trillionaires lock in their new power, sideline the state as a political force, and usher in a world where most people are trapped in a permanent underclass.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Meredith Whittaker, currently the president of the Signal Foundation, has criticized the political economy of the tech industry, where AI is used by powerful actors in ways that can entrench marginalization.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
But China’s green tech boom is exposing a more sinister and systemic aspect of the country’s political economy.
—Lizzi C. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
But there’s also an alternate future—perhaps one that more resembles the political economy of the present—where tech trillionaires lock in their new power, sideline the state as a political force, and usher in a world where most people are trapped in a permanent underclass.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Political economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20economy. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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