political economist

[puh-lit-i-kuhl-i-kahn-uhm-ist]

noun

1. a specialist or student of political economy.

Example Sentences

“The reality is that the U.S. economy is largely today dependent upon foreign born labor — and in California more so,” said Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

But Ben Radley, a political economist and lecturer in international development at Bath University, noted that the leader of the political grouping which includes the M23, Corneille Nangaa, was the head of the electoral commission under Kabila and had been a "close ally".

From BBC

“It embodies Beijing’s skillful navigation of the delicate balance between aggressively advancing its economic imperatives and preserving amicable diplomatic relations, possibly even bolstering its sway in certain quarters of the continent,” political economist Sona Muzikarova, a political economist, wrote in a commentary for the Atlantic Council.

From Los Angeles Times

“Any crop grown for fuel competes with foodstuffs and pushes the agricultural frontier further into forests and peatlands, with large releases of carbon,” writes Gareth Dale, a political economist at Brunel University in London, and Josh Moos, a political scientist at Leeds Beckett University for The Conversation.

From National Geographic

“It depends on the species of livestock. It depends on the geographic location,” said Jan Dutkiewicz, a political economist at the Pratt Institute, in New York City.

From Salon