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capitalism

noun as in economic system of private ownership

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Regularly, economic crises were said to cause Americans to “question free-market capitalism” or “the American dream”—qualms that seemed to be the exhibition’s own.

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The fact that they have illustrates much of what is wrong with American capitalism, and what has made it unbeatable for 250 years.

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AI stocks could represent the best of free-market capitalism: an innovative idea, supported by private investment that ultimately delivers corporate profits and economies of scale, and rewards those who bet on it.

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None of us is exempt from being pushed to our limits by capitalism’s heartlessness.

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“The Long Heat” details what might occur if capitalism based on fossil fuels cannot be overturned, in three sections with bleak views on adaptation, emissions and geo-engineering.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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