guided capitalism

guided capitalism noun: a capitalist economic system with some variety of state guidance.

Noun

guided capitalism (usually uncountable, plural guided capitalisms)

(usually) A capitalist economic system with some variety of state guidance.
- ... the difference between socialism and a strategically guided capitalism may be slight, particularly if the emphasis on ownership is found irrelevant.1940, Alfred Mitchell Bingham, The United States of Europe, page 181
- It has been called a policy of "guided capitalism," and seeks to "preserve free enterprise" by numerous large-scale adjustments [....]1948, David McCord Wright, Democracy and Progress, page 179

Therefore, on the understanding that the essence of the bourgeois economy will be absent from the picture, we may call this system Guided Capitalism.1951, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Essays, page 182:
This chapter examines Japan's guided capitalism, which connotes a major state role in spurring private-sector investment and improved technology [....]1995, E. Wayne Nafziger, Learning from the Japanese: Japan's Pre-War Development and the Third World, page 53:

plural	guided capitalisms

What does guided capitalism mean?: Guided capitalism means a capitalist economic system with some variety of state guidance.
How do you use guided capitalism in a sentence?: Therefore, on the understanding that the essence of the bourgeois economy will be absent from the picture, we may call this system Guided Capitalism.
What part of speech is guided capitalism?: Guided capitalism is a noun.
What is the plural of guided capitalism?: The plural of guided capitalism is guided capitalisms.

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