It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.
“The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music.”
“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”