state ownership

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Last month the government said it was bringing forward legislation to block foreign state ownership of British newspapers and magazines.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

These state schools are owned and maintained by the private sector during the contract, until taxpayers' money has repaid the debt and the buildings go into state ownership.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read’s comments immediately following the sale showed a clear lack of concern for its human rights implications, emphasizing the potential for growth and investment under state ownership instead.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2022

After two months of negotiations, the government reached an agreement, after haggling over the investment’s size and proportion of state ownership.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

To just the same extent the coöperative commonwealth discards the idea of state ownership of industry and state ownership of land except within the limits set forth in the previous chapter.

From Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come by Kelly, Edmond