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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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expropriation

the brief periods of chaotic expropriation that have always undermined the development of Latin America

—p.146 Capital According to Carlos Fuentes (145) by Thomas Piketty
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Honoré de Balzac

In 1865 Karl Marx said it was by reading Balzac that he learned the most about capitalism and the power of money.

—p.145 Capital According to Carlos Fuentes (145) by Thomas Piketty
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plutocracy

According to the dictionary, plutocracy (from the Greek ploutos, “wealth,” and kratos, “power”) is a system of government where money is the basis of power.

—p.142 Capital in Hong Kong? (142) by Thomas Piketty
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