Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
9-1-2001
CFDP Number
1327
CFDP Pages
30
Abstract
A brief, historical review of the study of the interdependency between politics and economic distribution is offered. While the impact of economic interests on politics has been acknowledged for thousands of years, and the impact of politics on distribution for hundreds, it is only in the last thirty years that formal models of the interdependency between economic distribution and politics have been formulated. A general model of political-economic equilibrium is proposed, in which political competition and economic distribution jointly determine each other. Several examples are given. The author proposes that political economy, conceived of as studying this process of joint determination, is in its infancy.
Recommended Citation
Roemer, John E., "Value and Politics" (2001). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1589.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1589