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exigent
(en)
(adjective) requiring immediate aid or action / (adjective) requiring or calling for much; demanding
expropriation
(en)
(noun) the action of the state in taking or modifying the property rights of an individual in the exercise of its sovereignty; differs from eminent domain in that it can also refer to private property taken by a private entity authorised by the government
extra legem
(la)
beyond the scope of the law
false consciousness
(en)
(especially in Marxist theory) a way of thinking that prevents a person from perceiving the true nature of their social or economic situation (esp used to mislead members of the proletariat about their own exploitation)
façade democracy
(en)
something that appears to be a democracy but isn't much of one in reality
fiat
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(noun) an authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree
financialization
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the process whereby the financial industry becomes more prominent
financialization
(en)
the process whereby the financial industry becomes more prominent
Frankfurt School
(en)
a school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt; consisted of dissidents who felt at home neither in the existent capitalist, fascist, nor communist systems that had formed at the time
Frankfurt School
(en)
a school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt; consisted of dissidents who felt at home neither in the existent capitalist, fascist, nor communist systems that had formed at the time
galloping inflation
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defined as inflation of 10% or more
glacis
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a bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to the defenders' missiles
Hayekian
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pertaining to the economic theories of Friedrich Hayek, an Austrian and British economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism
Hayekian
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pertaining to the economic theories of Friedrich Hayek, an Austrian and British economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism
related to "cultural hegemony" in Marxist philosophy (when the ruling class imposes their own worldview on the culture of a society)
hegemony
(en)
(noun) preponderant influence or authority over others; domination / (noun) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
helicopter money
(en)
a tool of unconventional monetary policy that has been proposed as an alternative to quantitative easing when interest rates are close to zero and the economy remains weak or enters recession; popularised by Milton Friedman in the form of dropping money on the ground (from a helicopter), though he didn't intend it as an actual policy
helicopter money
(en)
a tool of unconventional monetary policy that has been proposed as an alternative to quantitative easing when interest rates are close to zero and the economy remains weak or enters recession; popularised by Milton Friedman in the form of dropping money on the ground (from a helicopter), though he didn't intend it as an actual policy
Historic Compromise
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a historical Italian political alliance between the Christian Democrats and the Italian Communist Party in the 1970s
(noun) the Marxist theory of history and society that holds that ideas and social institutions develop only as the superstructure of a material economic base
Homo oeconomicus
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(or Homo economicus) a concept in many economic theories portraying humans as consistently rational and narrowly self-interested agents who usually pursue their subjectively-defined ends optimally
ideational
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of, relating to, or produced by ideation; broadly: consisting of or referring to ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses
immanence
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philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
in prospect
(en)
anticipated, expected
inter alia
(la)
among other things