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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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just to get a few crumbs for our football teams

To pick up a few billion in exports, we’re now willing to sell anything to anyone. We’re willing to become a tax haven, to have oligarchs and multinationals paying less in taxes than the middle and working classes, to ally with rather unprogressive oil emirates just to get a few crumbs for our foot…

—p.140 The Exorbitant Cost of Being a Small Country (139) by Thomas Piketty