capitalism
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an economic system in which property, businesses, and industry are owned by individual people and not by the government
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an economic system in which property, businesses, and industry are owned by individual people and not by the government
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an economic system in which the government controls business and the supply of goods in a country
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a political and economic system in which individual people cannot own property or industries and in which people of all social classes are treated equally
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a political and economic system in which planning and policy are controlled by large groups such as businesses, trade unions, and central government
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an economic system in which businesses can compete with each other without being controlled by government
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an economic system in which things such as prices and pay are set as a result of competition between different businesses and are not controlled by a government
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an economic system in which the value of money is calculated according to the value of gold
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the economic system in which prices, salaries, and the supply of goods are controlled by what and how much people buy
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an economic system in which prices, salaries, and the supply of goods are controlled by what and how much people buy, not by the government
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an economic system in which some businesses are controlled by the government and some are controlled by private companies
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the belief that the government must carefully control the amount of money in its economy to avoid economic problems
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the economy that is based on traditional methods of doing business rather than on Internet business activity
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the very successful economy of one of the smaller Asian countries such as South Korea or Singapore
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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