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capitalism

[kap-i-tl-iz-uhm] / ˈkæp ɪ tlˌɪz əm /


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We also delve into the questions facing American capitalism and take a peek at the Obama Presidential Center and the summer’s buzziest movies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

LACMA, for example, represents art history and community, and with its nearly $724 million expansion, also becomes a symbol of capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Campaigning on the promise of "capitalism for everyone," Paz had secured the support of rural and Indigenous communities known as "deep Bolivia," according to political scientist Adriana Rodriguez.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

If patent rights, capitalism, and certain religions do promote technology, what selected for those factors in postmedieval Europe but not in contemporary China or India?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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