capitalism
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After meeting with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1984, President Reagan believed that market reforms could move China toward American-style capitalism, democracy and individualism.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Once considered a canny innovator, and then, with his purchase of the flailing Washington Post, a white knight, he has since become the embodiment of capitalism run amok.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
This is how state capitalism takes root—not in a single dramatic leap, but through a series of interventions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The surveillance capitalism system requires people to unwittingly participate in a manipulative cycle of group- and self-surveillance.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
In June 1956, in the monthly journal Liberation, I pointed out that the charter endorsed private enterprise and would allow capitalism to flourish among Africans for the first time.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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