capitalism
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We certainly didn’t set out to make a season about capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Hooray for the tort system—words you might not expect to read if you don’t remember that a properly functioning legal system helps capitalism proceed without force or fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
A new cast of Castros is emerging in Cuba: a grandson and a great-nephew are moving up the corridors of power, while another is an eccentric Instagram influencer declaring that Cubans want capitalism.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
It not only proclaimed the rights of workers to form unions and seek fair wages, but specifically avoided any endorsement of capitalism.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Insurgent capitalism frightened the government of North Korea, which fretted publicly about a slippery slope to regime change and catastrophe.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing capitalism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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