capitalist's
Wealth holder's marker
Capitalist's is the possessive form of capitalist—a person who owns capital or advocates for capitalism.
The possessive marks ownership or association: the capitalist's investments, a capitalist's perspective on regulation.
Like any possessive, it can indicate characteristics as well as property: the capitalist's instinct for profit.
Commerce without state intervention
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
meritocracy · privatization · deregulation · laissez-faire · profit motive · invisible hand · supply and demand · libertarianism
Owned items of value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- holdingsProperty one owns
- investmentsAssets bought for profit
- sharesUnits of company ownership
equity · property · wealth · stake · dividends · returns · profits · securities
Excessive desire for wealth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
ruling class · oligarch · robber baron · tycoon · plutocrat · hoarding · rentier · parasite
People doing jobs
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- wagesPayment for work
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
sweatshop · outsourcing · layoffs · union busting · downsizing · automation · cost cutting · offshore
Commercial activity or occupation
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
startup · venture · factory · industry · monopoly · conglomerate · empire · franchise
free market
Commerce without state intervention
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- self-interestConcern for personal advantage
entrepreneurship · meritocracy · privatization · deregulation · laissez-faire · profit motive · invisible hand · supply and demand · libertarianism · neoliberalism
assets
Owned items of value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- holdingsProperty one owns
- investmentsAssets bought for profit
shares · equity · property · wealth · stake · dividends · returns · profits · securities · bonds
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- accumulationCollected mass over time
bourgeoisie · ruling class · oligarch · robber baron · tycoon · plutocrat · hoarding · rentier · parasite · profiteering
workers
People doing jobs
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- wagesPayment for work
profits · sweatshop · outsourcing · layoffs · union busting · downsizing · automation · cost cutting · offshore · underpaid
business
Commercial activity or occupation
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
enterprise · startup · venture · factory · industry · monopoly · conglomerate · empire · franchise · partnership
- venture capitalistsStartup equity investors
- vulture capitalistInvestor exploiting failing businesses
- capitalist societyEconomy built on private ownership