Capitalist

A Capitalist is an economic agent whose behavior can be modeled by a capitalistic ideology.

• AKA: Owner of Capital.
• Context:
  • They can (typically) use their Capital to make more Capital.
  • They can range from being a Capitalist Practitioner to being a Capitalist Ideologue.
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• Example(s):
  • a Rentier.
  • a Venture Capitalist.
  • an Entrepreneur.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Socialist, Communist.
  • a Worker, such as a wage laborer.
  • a Homemaker.
• See: Speculator, Gambler, Wealth Addict, Economic Market, Capital Gains, Rich get Richer.

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References

2015

• https://hbr.org/2011/04/youtube-and-capitalisms-role-i
  • QUOTE: What happens when money enters the equation? Do things get better or worse? Capitalists, myself included, believe that things generally get better. Effort gets rewarded via payment, people who want to earn more work more, prices are signals about value, the volume of trade goes up, and so on. We believe, in short, that having the opportunity to get paid for your contributions is better than not having that opportunity.

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