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  1. state capitalismnoun

    an economic system that is primarily capitalistic but there is some degree of government ownership of the means of production

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  1. state capitalism

    State capitalism is an economic system in which the state undertakes commercial activity and owns or controls businesses and industries, and where the means of production are controlled by the state. This involves the state making economic decisions about what to produce, how to produce, and how to distribute the resources. It combines elements of a free-market capitalist economy with significant government intervention and regulation.

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  1. State capitalism

    State capitalism is usually described as an economic system in which commercial economic activity is undertaken by the state, with management and organization of the means of production in a capitalist manner - maintaining the conditions of wage labor arising from centralized ownership, even if the state is nominally socialist. State capitalism is characterized by the dominance of state-owned business enterprises in the economy. Examples of state capitalism include corporatized government agencies and states that own controlling shares of publicly listed corporations, effectively acting as a large shareholder or a capitalist. State capitalism has also come to refer to an economic system where the means of production are owned privately but the state has considerable control over the allocation of credit and investment, as in the case of France during the period of dirigisme. Alternatively, state capitalism may be used to describe a system where the state intervenes in the economy to protect and advance the interests of large-scale businesses. This practice is often claimed to be in contrast with the ideals of both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism.

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  1. state capitalism

    the means of production (physical capital) are privatively owned, while management accepts government oversight and direction in exchange for protected market monopoly status.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 28, 2018  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of state capitalism in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of state capitalism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of state capitalism in a Sentence

  1. Frank Chodorov:

    Private capitalism makes a steam engine; State capitalism makes pyramids.


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