rent-seeking
noun/ɹɛnt siːkɪŋ/US
Etymology
From rent (“a profit from possession of a valuable right”) + seeking.
Definitions
The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example,…
The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.
- It is almost certain that ‘rent-seeking’ would be a significant factor in a capitalist economy where the government encourages cartelization or confers ‘a leading sector’ role on any sector.
The effort to increase one's share of wealth without doing something productive or adding…
The effort to increase one's share of wealth without doing something productive or adding value.
The neighborhood
- neighborrentier
- neighborrent-seeker
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for rent-seeking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA