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political economy

DEFINITIONS OF: political economy

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n the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

Synonyms:
economic science, economics
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econometrics
the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
finance
the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
macroeconomics
the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
microeconomics
the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
supply-side economics
the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
Type of:
social science
the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
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