political economy

noun

1

: economics

2

: the theory or study of the role of public policy in influencing the economic and social welfare of a political unit

political economist noun

Examples of political economy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Policies enacted without durable organization, broad working-class coalitions, and a political economy that strengthens working-class power will not survive. —Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026

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. —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

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for political economy

• aeronomy
• agronomy
• astronomy
• autonomy
• gastronomy
• metonymy
• taxonomy
• deuteronomy