economic interests
Monetary priorities involved
Economic interests are the financial stakes or advantages that motivate people, organizations, or nations.
A company lobbies for tax breaks to protect its economic interests.
A country secures trade deals that serve its economic interests.
The phrase often implies self-serving motives: Critics say the senator voted against climate legislation to protect corporate economic interests.
When someone's economic interests conflict with their stated principles, observers suspect the money won.
- trade policyRules governing international exchange
- free tradeUnrestricted international exchange
- trade warsEconomic conflicts via import duties
- profit maximizationPursuing greatest possible gains
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
investments · skin in the game · market share · globalization · savings · job security · competitive advantage · level playing field · market forces · income · bread and butter · foreign investment · resource management · debt management · international trade · taxation systems · shareholder value · multinational corporations
economic interestspolitical ideology
Beliefs about governance
moral principles · ethical considerations · ethical concerns · cultural values · idealism
economic interestspublic good
Non-excludable shared benefit
common good · public interest · humanitarian concerns · altruism · social welfare
economic interestsspiritual values
Principles transcending material concerns
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