state ownership

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On Wednesday, in the House of Lords, Stephen Parkinson, a minister for culture communications and creative industries, promised to bring forward an amendment to legislation that would prevent foreign state ownership of news publications.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

They were among several strategic businesses transferred to state ownership last November.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

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

He said problems include overly centralized administration and state ownership of most land — something imposed in years soon after the 1959 revolution, which nationalized big foreign owned farms and later smaller local ones.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 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