$@#*^%#@#ldquo;The economy$@#*^%#@#rdquor; is a social institution that is constructed and reproduced through human action, as human beings collectively produce their conditions of survival and well$@#*^%#@#hyphen;being. In sociological perspective, $@#*^%#@#ldquo;the economy$@#*^%#@#rdquor; is not reified as a thing or mechanism apart from human actions, interaction, and relationships.