When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Capitalism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

    Habermas observed four general features that characterise advanced capitalism: Concentration of industrial activity in a few large firms. Constant reliance on the state to stabilise the economic system. A formally democratic government that legitimises the activities of the state and dissipates opposition to the system.

  3. Capitalist state - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_state

    Despite their common functions, there are many recognized differences in sociological characteristics among capitalist states. [2] The primary functions of the capitalist state are to provide a legal framework and infrastructural framework conducive to business enterprise and the accumulation of capital.

  4. Capital structure - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_structure

    Capital structure is an important issue in setting rates charged to customers by regulated utilities in the United States. The utility company has the right to choose any capital structure it deems appropriate, but regulators determine an appropriate capital structure and cost of capital for ratemaking purposes. [3]

  5. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Government_of_the...

    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...

  6. Economic system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_system

    The theory of pricing, in this context, has to do with the economic decision-making between the production of capital goods and consumer goods in the economy in the face of scarce resources. In this regard, the critical evaluation of the needs of the society based on population distribution in terms of age, sex, occupation, and geography is ...

  7. List of countries by federal system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by...

    The Government of India (referred to as the Union Government) is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 8 union territories. The government of India is based on a three tiered system, in which the Constitution of India delineates the subjects on which

  8. History of capitalist theory - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_capitalist_theory

    The other was the political doctrine of laissez-faire economics, namely that all coercive government regulation of the market represents unjustified interference, and that economies would perform best with government only playing a defensive role in order to ensure the operation of free markets.

  9. Government - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government

    A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as