Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, and the means of producing wealth, are privately owned and controlled rather than state owned and controlled. Through capitalism, the land, labor, and capital are owned, operated, and traded by private individuals either singly or jointly, and investments, distribution, income, production, pricing and supply of goods, commodities and services are determined by voluntary private decision in a market economy. A distinguishing feature of capitalism is that each person owns his or her own labor and therefore is allowed to sell the use of it to employers. In a "capitalist state", private rights and property relations are protected by the rule of law of a limited regulatory framework. In the modern capitalist state, legislative action is confined to defining and enforcing the basic rules of the market, though the state may provide some public goods and infrastructure.

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Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth, andthe means of producing wealth, are privately owned and controlled rather than state owned and controlled.Through capitalism, the land, labor, and capital are owned, operated, and traded by private individuals eithersingly or jointly, and investments, distribution, income, production, pricing and supply of goods, commodities and services are determined by voluntary private decisionin a market economy. A distinguishing feature ofcapitalism is that each person owns his or her own labor andtherefore is allowed to sell the use of it to employers. In a "capitalist state", private rights and propertyrelations are protected by the rule of law of a limited regulatory framework. In the modern capitalist state, legislative action is confined to defining and enforcing the basic rules of the market, though the state may provide some public goods and infrastructure.