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  2. Capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary capitalist societies developed in the West from 1950 to the present and this type of system continues throughout the world—relevant examples started in the United States after the 1950s, France after the 1960s, Spain after the 1970s, Poland after 2015, and others.

  3. Capitalism in America - Wikipedia

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    Capitalism in America: A History is a 2018 book written by former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge, political editor at The Economist. [note 1] The book traces the economic history of the United States since its founding and the authors argue that America's embrace of capitalism and creative destruction has given the nation's economy a superior edge.

  4. Modern capitalist society - Wikipedia

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    Modern capitalist societies center the concept of means-end rationality, also referred to as instrumental rationality and formal rationality, [15] and its inherent association with domination over nature, so as to manipulate it to suit material needs, and human beings, so as to organize and discipline them in their control over nature.

  5. Gen Z Has Strong Opinions on Capitalism — Do Experts Agree?

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    In socialist economies, a central body — the government — owns and controls the society’s assets, firms and resources, and distributes them to the population as it sees fit.

  6. History of capitalism - Wikipedia

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    [62] [63] Economist Radhika Desai, while concurring that 1914 was the peak of the capitalist system, argues that the neoliberal reforms that were intended to restore capitalism to its primacy have instead bequeathed to the world increased inequalities, divided societies, economic crises and misery and a lack of meaningful politics, along with ...

  7. American upper class - Wikipedia

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    The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to economic wealth, lineage, and typically educational attainment. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The American upper class is estimated to be the richest 1% of the population.

  8. Culture of capitalism - Wikipedia

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    The culture of capitalism or capitalist culture is the set of social practices, social norms, values and patterns of behavior that are attributed to the capitalist economic system in a capitalist society. Capitalist culture promotes the accumulation of capital and the sale of commodities, where individuals are primarily defined by their ...

  9. Democratic capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Democratic capitalism, also referred to as market democracy, is a political and economic system that integrates resource allocation by marginal productivity (synonymous with free-market capitalism), with policies of resource allocation by social entitlement. [1]