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Protester holding Adbusters' Corporate American Flag at the Second inauguration of George W. Bush in Washington, D.C.. Corporatocracy [a] or corpocracy is an economic, political and judicial system controlled or influenced by business corporations or corporate interests.
Corporate capitalism has been criticized for the amount of power and influence corporations and large business interest groups have over government policy, including the policies of regulatory agencies and influencing political campaigns.
Corporatism is a political system of interest representation and policymaking whereby corporate groups, such as agricultural, labour, military, business, scientific, or guild associations, come together and negotiate contracts or policy (collective bargaining) on the basis of their common interests.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Economic system based on private ownership This article is about an economic system. For other uses, see Capitalism (disambiguation). "Capitalist" redirects here. For other uses, see Capitalist (disambiguation). Part of a series on Capitalism Concepts Austerity Business Business cycle ...
Capitalism generally features the private ownership of the means of production and a market economy for coordination. Corporate capitalism refers to a capitalist marketplace characterized by the dominance of hierarchical, bureaucratic corporations. Mercantilism was the dominant model in Western Europe from the 16th to 18th century.
This is differentiated from more contemporary notions of state capture by specific business interests for the benefit of those specific businesses and not the ruling class or capitalist system as a whole, which is variously referred to as crony capitalism or corporatocracy.
CEOs defend corporate ‘purpose’ amid ESG backlash: ‘We can’t let purpose get rebranded into woke capitalism.’ Alan Murray, Chloe Taylor November 10, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Crony capitalism, sometimes also called simply cronyism, is a pejorative term used in political discourse to describe a situation in which businesses profit from a close relationship with state power, either through an anti-competitive regulatory environment, direct government largesse, and/or corruption. [1]