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
The surveillance capitalism system requires people to unwittingly participate in a manipulative cycle of group- and self-surveillance.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
In the Soviet Union these include capitalism, God, and the surrender of national sovereignty; in the United States, socialism, atheism, and the surrender of national sovereignty.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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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