plutonomy
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plutonomy
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From pluto- + -nomy. Google’s n-gram search suggests the Plutonomy was coined in late 1800s. References to the term using n-gram can be found in books as early as 1851, in a book written by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow titled “Christian Socialism and Its opponents”, where it was used in the context of wealth.
In modern use popularized by Ajay Kapur in a series of papers published during his tenure as Citigroup’s global strategist.
noun plutonomies
- The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated by such concerns. On this side it [Socialism] is a crude compromise between the claims of labour and of capital — the hybrid child of Plutonomy and Communism.
Talk about this word "plutonomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/plutonomy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. plutonomy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/plutonomy "plutonomy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/plutonomy.Cite this
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title = {plutonomy},
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