All 9 Uses
capitalism
in
The Fountainhead
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- On the other hand I heard that some screwy bunch of cafeteria radicals called 'The New League of Proletarian Art' tried to enlist in support of Howard Roark—they said he was a victim of capitalism—when they should have known that Hopton Stoddard is their champion.†
Chpt 2.12capitalism = an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- Once, in a basement beer joint, he heard a truck driver denouncing Gail Wynand as the worst exponent of capitalistic evils, in a language of colorful accuracy.†
Chpt 3.1 *capitalistic = related to an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- But I don't like it when it's that new intelligentsia slang that people seem to be going for nowadays: Gail Wynand, the exploiter, Gail Wynand, the pirate of capitalism, Gail Wynand, the disease of an era.†
Chpt 3.7capitalism = an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- —but since I am an inhibited capitalist, I shall not do so.†
Chpt 4.4capitalist = one who believes in an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- She said the stranglehold of reason upon words is like the exploitation of the masses by the capitalists.†
Chpt 4.6capitalists = people who believe in an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- All the rest is capitalistic ostentation.†
Chpt 4.6capitalistic = related to an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- It's your nature that's too fine for the brute competition of our capitalistic system.†
Chpt 4.6
- A crossword puzzle gave the definition of "obsolescent individuals" and the word came out as "capitalists."†
Chpt 4.9capitalists = people who believe in an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businesses
- "We have it from an unimpeachable source," wrote a radical newspaper, "that Cortlandt was only the first step in a gigantic plot to blow up every housing project, every public power plant, post office and schoolhouse in the U.S.A. The conspiracy is headed by Gail Wynand—as we can see—and by other bloated capitalists of his kind, including some of our biggest moneybags."†
Chpt 4.13
Definitions:
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(1)
(capitalism) an economic system based on voluntary exchange in a competitive environment with private ownership of property and businessesProponents of capitalism argue that voluntary exchanges tap into people’s local knowledge and natural self-interest, channeling millions of everyday decisions into broader benefits for society. At the same time, most of them also support a role for government in addressing problems that “pure” capitalism handles poorly—such as monopolies, shared costs and benefits like pollution and national defense, and providing a safety net for those who are hit by bad luck.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)