capitalism
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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
Over generations, capitalism with American characteristics has produced technological advances, rising living standards and great wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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
It also set the stage for the church’s ambivalent relationship to capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
The capitalism that bloomed in the cities and small towns of North Korea weakened the government’s iron grip on everyday life and did little to enrich the state.
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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