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socialist economy

Other forms: socialist economies

Definitions of socialist economy
  1. noun
    an economic system based on state ownership of capital
    synonyms: socialism
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    types:
    communism
    a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
    International
    any of several international socialist organizations
    Naziism, Nazism, national socialism
    a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
    Falange
    the Spanish Nazi party under Franco
    Bolshevism, collectivism, sovietism
    Soviet communism
    type of:
    managed economy
    a non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices
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