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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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“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

“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 • Nov. 29, 2023

"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

Nor should this be so done as if the poet, like an imaginative political economist, had to anticipate a more favourable national and social state of things and picture their realisation.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

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