Literary/cultural “Economies,” economic discourse, and the question of Marxism

Symbolic Economy? Libidinal Economy? General Economy? Political Economy of the Sign? Textual Economy? The Economy of Desire? These and other current formulations appear to be extremely popular and productive in the broad fields of literary theory and cultural studies. It is legitimate to ask, however, about the relation of these formulations to the concepts and constructs of economic theory proper, or at least to what can be regarded as “official” economic discourse.