government ownership
Public sector possession
Government ownership is when the state holds title to property, businesses, or resources rather than private individuals or corporations.
Industries like utilities, railways, and healthcare may be under government ownership in some countries: The debate over government ownership of the oil fields dominated the election.
The term often appears in political arguments about nationalization versus privatization.
- national parksProtected natural areas
- New Deal programsDepression-era federal initiatives
- socialismCommunal economic control
- eminent domainForced government land acquisition
- state capitalismGovernment-owned commercial enterprises
dirigisme · water supply systems · public transportation · communism · mixed economy · postal services · planned economy · municipalization · public sector · welfare state · public utility · hospitals · public enterprise · airports · highways · schools · council housing · state monopoly
- state enterprisesstate enterprises, Amtrak, BBC, public enterprises, USPS
- planned economiescommand economy, centralized planning, central planning, five-year plan, production quotas
- property rightsproperty rights, private property, real property, title, deed
- rail nationalizationstate control, public enterprise, state funding, state investment, public funding
government ownershipprivate ownership
Individual control of assets
privatization · private enterprise · private sector · private property · individual ownership
government ownershipcapitalism
Private profit-based economy
free market · laissez-faire · free enterprise · market economy · neoliberalism
government, ownership, govern, owner, governed, governing, governs, governor, governors