political economist

American  

[puh-lit-i-kuhl-i-kahn-uhm-ist] / pəˈlɪt ɪ kəl ɪˈkɑn əm ɪst /

noun

1. a specialist or student of political economy.

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Example Sentences

“The ultimate beneficiaries are the large tech companies and their investors,” said Govand Azeez, a political economist at Sydney’s Macquarie University who researches tech sovereignty in Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

"The growth figures tell a better story than the reality on the ground. There is a sense that Tshisekedi has done nothing to improve economic conditions," said Zaynab Hoosen, political economist at Oxford Economics Africa.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

For Omar Shaban, a political economist in Gaza, it is no surprise to see young people turning out by the perimeter fence.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

Well, there was a small footnote pointed out by political economist Adam Tooze.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2023

The present situation of the people of Madeira claims alike the sympathies of the philanthropist and the attention of the political economist.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von