Turbocapitalism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An accelerated form of capitalism that lacks measures to keep the system in equilibrium and prevent social unrest. uncountable
"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 most important barriers."
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More examples"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 most important barriers."
Etymology
From turbo- + capitalism, popularized by Edward Luttwak in Turbo-Capitalism (1998).
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