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a wealthy person
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Recent Examples of capitalist
Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Altman, the 39-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of OpenAI, was speaking with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
R. Edward Freeman, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
Adorno, for his part, was more interested in the ways in which the brute facts of commodity exchange were bolstered by myths that naturalized the capitalist world order, making any challenge to it seem as pointless as challenging the laws of motion.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Over the summer, he was embroiled in a social-media fight among venture capitalists over one of his previous investments and allegations of mistreating the founder.
—Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Altman, the 39-year-old venture capitalist and CEO of OpenAI, was speaking with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit on Wednesday.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Our capitalist system is the most powerful institution of human cooperation and value creation ever invented.
—R. Edward Freeman, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
Adorno, for his part, was more interested in the ways in which the brute facts of commodity exchange were bolstered by myths that naturalized the capitalist world order, making any challenge to it seem as pointless as challenging the laws of motion.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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So there is a never-ending dialogue between the haves and don’t-want-to-haves, who each claim a piece of the art.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Ultimately, the perennial haves and have-nots will always be a factor too.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Federal regulators predict strong economic growth and a more robust job market in 2025, along with higher inflation.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The measure also includes $21 billion in disaster relief for farmers and $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, along with a one-year extension of the farm bill.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Since then, the Houthis have also attacked more than six dozen commercial vessels – particularly in the Bab-el-Mandeb, the southern maritime gateway to Egypt’s Suez Canal.Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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The show then went to commercial, but the course of rock music was forever changed.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Buzbee's law firm later sued Jay-Z's entertainment company Roc Nation, as well as his legal team, for allegedly offering a former client money in exchange for suing Buzbee's firm.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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Combining the money of Robinson and Achiuwa at this deadline, which would be about $20 million in salary, is more than enough for New York to bring back a big who could help bolster the current group.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Ultimately, the pair separated after Callas began having an affair with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (Haluk Bilginer).Katie Mannion, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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But in typical Swift fashion, the pop superstar and music magnate didn’t release the book through any of the biggest publishing houses.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Through all of this, corporations have made record profits and America's 806 billionaires are richer than half the population combined.Pramila Jayapal, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the latest billionaire to take a trip to Mar-a-Lago to dine with president-elect Donald Trump.Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitalist. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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