Aristotle (Politics, Book I) writes of oeconomie – microeconomic household management – a term from which is derived “economics.” Aristotle also writes of ktêtikê – the art of acquisition, or “ktetics”, which includes acquisition by force.
“And so, in one point of view, the art of war is a natural art of acquisition … an art which we ought to practice against wild beasts, and against men who, though intended by nature to be governed, will not submit ….”
“And so we see that there is a natural art of acquisition which is practiced by managers of households and by statesmen ….”