Ideological and political education is the primary content of China's spiritual civilization construction, and it is also one of the main ways to solve social contradictions and social problems. From the perspective of economics, we master the interaction between ideological and political education and economic development, and analyze the dilemma of ideological and political education under the current market economy. We will explore the deep-rooted and underlying reasons from the perspective of the basic theories of economics in order to confront the dilemma of the current ideological and political education, striving to promote the development of ideological and political education.