vulture capitalism

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00:56 Jun 3, 2020
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English term or phrase: vulture capitalism
Definition from Merriam-Webster dictionary:
A form of venture capitalism in which aggressive methods are used to buy a distressed business with the intention of selling it at a profit.

Example sentence(s):
  • Vulture capitalism is allowed and facilitated by existing laws and regulations. These need to be changed to restrict private financial gain at the expense of our society and economy. Vulture capitalism is like pollution, it harms the public good while private interests benefit. Lippit's policy and politics blog
  • There are many smart, concrete, not pie-in-the-sky ideas about how we can recalibrate our economy, return it to fairness, how we can reimagine it as one built not on vulture capitalism but on democratic capitalism. The Washington Post
  • Vulture capitalism thrives because public debate so rarely articulates the necessary role of the state to care for the most vulnerable in our midst. The Guardian
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5drapieżny kapitalizm
Kamila Ołtarzewska
3tzw. sępi kapitalizm
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drapieżny kapitalizm


Definition from Tygodnik Przegląd:
System, w którym ,,kapitał służy tylko kapitałowi, jest drapieżny i grabieżczy, bo każdy chce zbudować swoją pozycję gospodarczą kosztem ludzi, który kapitał tworzą poprzez pracę. Dzisiejszy kapitalizm nie rozwiązuje w Polsce żadnych problemów, raczej wpędza ludzi w biedę, poniżej minimum socjalnego, a nawet minimum egzystencji." (Jan Guz, szef OPZZ)

Example sentence(s):
  • Rosyjski kapitalizm jest bardzo drapieżny. - Forsal.pl  
  • Nie ma demokracji bez kapitalizmu, choć bywają kapitalizmy bez demokracji. ... Drapieżny kapitalizm to dyktatura silnych i bogatych. - Twitter  
  • Ta zmutowana forma kapitalizmu jest w pewnym sensie drapieżnikiem. - Drapieżny kapitalizm w 130 sekund.  

Explanation:

https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kapitalizm

przykłady:
(1.1) Podczas debaty socjaliści zarzucili przeciwnikom brak troski o biednych, na co tamci wyjaśnili, że w kapitalizmie nikt nie jest zmuszany do pomocy innym.
kolokacje:
(1.1) demokratyczny / informacyjny / liberalny / opiekuńczy / rynkowy / wolnokonkurencyjny / wolnorynkowy kapitalizm • pejor. drapieżny / dziki / dziewiętnastowieczny kapitalizm
antonimy:
(1.1) komunizm, socjalizm
hiperonimy:
(1.1) ustrój
Słownik języka polskiego, red. Stanisław Dubisz i Elżbieta Sobol, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.
publikacja w otwartym dostępie – możesz ją przeczytać Hasło kapitalizm w: Zygmunt Saloni, Włodzimierz Gruszczyński, Marcin Woliński, Robert Wołosz, Danuta Skowrońska, Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego — wersja online.
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tzw. sępi kapitalizm


Definition from https://www.pressreader.com/poland/angor:
Majątek Romneya, który przez wiele lat kierował firmą inwestycyjną Bain Capital, zaliczoną przez jego kolegów partyjnych do kategorii „sępi kapitalizm”

Example sentence(s):
  • Gingrich oskarżył Romneya, że zadaje to kłam jego twierdzeniom, że tworzył nowe miejsca pracy – było przeciwnie: wyrzucał ludzi na bruk. Perry nazwał jego działalność „sępim kapitalizmem”. ... Do dziwacznego ataku na „sępi kapitalizm” Romneya nie przyłączył się Santorum, który cieszy się zaufaniem religijnej prawicy i ostatnio to on uchodzi za kandydata, który ma jeszcze szanse. - https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka  
  • What is a Vulture Capitalist A vulture capitalist is an investor who buys up distressed companies in order to turn them around so he can sell them at a profit. Vulture capitalists are often criticized because of their aggressive behavior. - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vul  
  • vulture capitalist Derogatory term for the investor whose primary (and usually hidden) agenda is to take control of the investee firm. - http://www.businessdictionary.com/defini  

Explanation:
vulture capitalism vs predatory capitalism

To nie są tożsame terminy.
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The term vulture capitalism is used to refer to techniques used to extract profits from companies without regard to the health or survival of the companies. The term has come into widespread use to differentiate these financial strategies from venture capitalism, which refers to funding provided to new and innovative companies that are too small or new to get bank loans or other forms of investment (e.g., from the stock market). Although risky, venture capital investments can have very high returns if the companies become successful.

Vulture capitalists acquire companies in the hope of making profits from them through financial manipulation (aka financial engineering) without regard to the ultimate success of the companies. [1] Sometimes they work to increase the company’s value by aggressively cutting costs and then selling it for a profit. Sometimes they split the company into pieces, hoping they can sell the pieces for more than their purchase price.

Often, vulture capitalists extract profits from companies and then have the companies file for bankruptcy. Due to their aggressive techniques and methods, workers, customers, suppliers, and the communities where a company is based, as well as taxpayers in general, typically end up getting the short end of the stick while the vulture capitalists realize significant financial gains.
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