plutonomy

== English == === Etymology === 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 === plutonomy (countable and uncountable, plural plutonomies) (sometimes derogatory) The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated by such concerns. [from 19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== plutonomist ==== Related terms ==== plutocracy plutocrat plutonomic === References === “plutonomy”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. (2006)