The economic order is a human creation and therefore changeable, not natural law

Evidence

When we hear the term “political,” we mostly associate it with the squabbles between parties and the trivial personalisms of our political class. When I use the term, however, I am asserting something more fundamental: both that the economic world is currently antidemocratic and that it is one in which we can have collective agency. We need not be bound by any supposedly natural and scientific laws dictating that most people must suffer. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 41

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘political’ in her specialized sense as antidemocratic-yet-agenciable, opposing the common party-squabble sense.
• XREF: connects to: The economy is a human creation and therefore can be transformed. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 41; Hayek grounded negative rights in utilitarian market efficiency, not natural law. — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the…, 411; Ordoliberal ‘economic constitution’ meant a normative vision, not a founding legal document. — Quinn Slobodian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the…, 696 (+4 more)