private ownership
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Montreal-based Compulsion Games and San Francisco-based Double Fine Productions will be spun out and returned to private ownership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The characterization departs from how political scientists typically define communism, which is generally understood as an ideology centered on collective ownership of the means of production and the elimination of private ownership of productive assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Property owners end up with some of the burdens of private ownership but none of the benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
