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Political economy

The Enlightenment-era discipline analysing the production, distribution, and national accumulation of wealth -- the 'science' Jefferson names when he calls Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations 'the best book extant' in it. Distinct from ancient/medieval household economics (oikonomia): the post-print discipline is defined by works such as Smith (1776), Steuart, and the physiocrats.