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ren·tier [ˈrɑ:ntieɪ, Am ˌrɑ:nˈtjeɪ] N esp pej form

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rentier class
von Mieteinkommen lebende Gesellschaftsschicht

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For one, inflation tends to transfer income from bond holders (rentiers) to wage earners.
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The number of rentiers or fundholders is estimated at about 1,000,000.
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He accused capitalism of holding nations ransom in the interests of a parasitic cosmopolitan rentier class.
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An all-round permanent abundance of capital would entail what he called, famously, the euthanasia of the rentier.
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He was the owner of a large estate, agriculturist and rentier.
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Rentiers gain benefits above what the market would have offered, but in the process allocate resources in sub-optimal fashion from a societal point of view.
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The existence of usury capital, bank capital, rentier capital and merchant capital historically "precedes" capitalist industry.
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But, initially, this does not involve any capitalist mode of production; rather, the merchant traders and rentiers are "intermediaries" between non-capitalist producers.
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In 1881, he stopped being a broker and became a rentier.
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His argument was that, rentiers, in order to maintain their standard of lving, lend more when the interest rates fall.
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