The economy is a human creation and therefore can be transformed.
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. The economic dimension of our lives is pervasive—it defines who we are as individuals and as a society. But it is also a dimension that we have created. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 41
Categorization
- DEFINE: Redefines ‘political’ away from party squabbles toward collective agency over the economic order.
- XREF: connects to: Economic theories are endogenous and actively shape the world they describe. — Mark Blyth, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous…, 122; Economic policy change requires reframing the moral meaning a community ascribes to its world. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 29; The economy is a constructed concept rather than a natural object. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 538 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- The economic order is a human creation and therefore changeable, not natural law
#corroborates(0.95) — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 41 - The economy is a constructed concept rather than a natural object.
#corroborates(0.92) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 538 - Markets are human creations amenable to redesign, not natural forces
#corroborates(0.85) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1237 - Capitalism is a singular economic-institutional ensemble that can be reinvented
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 904