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turbo-capitalism

turbo-capitalism is the alternative form of turbocapitalism.

Meaning of turbocapitalism

Noun

turbocapitalism (uncountable)

  1. An accelerated form of capitalism that lacks measures to keep the system in equilibrium and prevent social unrest.
    • It was not until the end of the 1970s that today's roaring turbo-capitalism was unleashed by the abolition of anti-competition laws and regulations left over from the 1930s, by the technological innovations thus allowed, by the privatization of whatever could be privatized, and by the removal of...1999, Edward Luttwak, Turbo-Capitalism: Winners and Losers in the Global Economy, New York: Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 1

Questions about turbo-capitalism

What is turbo-capitalism the alternative form of?
Turbo-capitalism is the alternative form of turbocapitalism.

Words near turbo-capitalism in the dictionary

  1. turbo trainer
  2. turbo trainers
  3. turbo yeast
  4. turbo yeasts
  5. turbo-
  6. turbo-capitalism
  7. turbo-electric
  8. turbo-folk
  9. turbo-generator
  10. turbo-generators
  11. turbo-ramjet

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