Political Economy

Political economy is the study of production and trade and their links with custom, government and law. It is the study and use of how economic theory and methods influence and develop different social and economic systems, such as capitalism, socialism and communism, and it analyzes how public policy is created and implemented. Since various individuals and groups have different interests in how a country or economy is to develop, political economy as a discipline is a complex field, covering a broad array of potentially competing interests.

Prisoners of Geography by Tim  MarshallDiplomacy by Henry KissingerThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. MearsheimerThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe End of the World Is Just the Beginning by Peter Zeihan
100 International Relations Classics
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Debt by David GraeberFoundations of Economics by Yanis VaroufakisCapitalism by Anwar ShaikhCapital by Karl MarxDebunking Economics by Steve Keen
Heterodox Economics Book Club
125 books — 50 voters

The Right-Wing Social-Democrats Today by Otto Wille (1881-1964) Kuus...Concerning the International Situation by Joseph StalinEurocommunism Is Anti-Communism by Enver HoxhaNeo-Colonialism by Kwame NkrumahReform or Revolution? by Rosa Luxemburg
Social Democracy - Capitalism
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Why Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluFriendly Fascism by Bertram M. GrossThe Destiny of Civilization by Michael HudsonThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinOn Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
BPE
19 books — 3 voters

Jonathan Tran
Antiracism entails two fundamental tasks: first, diminishing racialization’s ability to facilitate domination, which involves deflating identarian (racist and antiracist) modes of analysis, and, second, displacing exploitation as the basis of political economy, which involves highlighting alternative idioms by which political economy is imagined.
Jonathan Tran, Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism

I suspect that the NDP is actually a carefully crafted ideological propaganda document. This version of ideological propaganda could be called the 'ideology of targetism'. The aim of this ideological propaganda is to lull the general public, and especially the impoverished majority, into contentment until 2030 ...more
Sampie Terreblanche, Lost in Transformation: South Africa's Search for a New Future Since 1986

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Australian Political Literature Reads ~ Azure Beach Library A group for Azure Beach Library Patrons interested in Australian political literature, Australia…more
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Political Economy Reading Group This group is dedicated to reading and discussing important works in political economy.
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A discussion group for Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century.…more
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Grupo de Paleolibertarios Hispanohablantes con el objetivo de recomendar Libros
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