Marxian economics or the
Marxian school of economics refers to a school of economic thought tracing its foundations to the critique of classical political economy first expounded upon by
Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels. Marxian economics refers to several different theories and includes multiple schools of thought which are sometimes opposed to each other, and in many cases Marxian analysis is used to complement or supplement other economic approaches. Because one does not necessarily have to be politically
Marxist to be economically Marxian, the two adjectives coexist in
usage rather than being
synonymous. They share a
semantic field while also allowing
connotative and
denotative differences.