19 Examples of a Political Economy

John Spacey, August 25, 2022

Political economy is the study of politics and economics as a combined system. This is consistent with real world societies whereby markets and politics are intertwined forming a single system. The following are examples of political economies that have actually existed such that they have been implemented at some scale.

Command Economy	Communism
Corporate Capitalism	Corporatism
Crony Capitalism	Democratic Socialism
Feudalism	Finance Capitalism
Free Market Capitalism	Mercantilism
Mixed Economy (public and private ownership of capital)	Planned Economy / Centrally Planned Economy
Social Market Economy / Social Capitalism	Socialism
State Capitalism	Stateless Society
Traditional Economy	War Economy
Welfare Capitalism (state and corporate paternalism)

Some of the political economies above overlap. For example, communism as always been implemented as a command economy.

A social market economy uses free market capitalism as an economic engine with the state providing limited income redistribution in the form of comprehensive public services and entitlements.

Traditional economies and stateless societies have never existed at the scale of modern nations.

Overview: Political Economy
Type	Political System
Definition (1)	A political and economic system that are intertwined.
Definition (2)	The study of politics and economics as a combined system.
Related Concepts	Political System » Communism » Social Market Economy » Public Services » Traditional Economies »