The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about capitalism that dominate mainstream economics, policy, and public discourse—the often-unexamined assumptions that markets are efficient, that growth is good, that privatization improves services, that competition drives innovation, and that capitalism is the only viable economic system. Capitalist orthodoxy includes specific commitments: that free markets allocate resources optimally, that regulation distorts efficiency, that inequality is the natural result of differential contribution, that economic growth is the primary measure of success, and that alternatives to capitalism are either impossible or disastrous. Like all orthodoxies, it provides a framework for thinking about economics, but it can also function as ideology—making capitalist arrangements seem natural and inevitable, obscuring exploitation and harm, and delegitimizing alternatives. Capitalist orthodoxy determines what questions economists ask, what policies are considered reasonable, and who counts as a "serious" economic thinker versus a naive idealist.
Example: "She suggested that maybe growth isn't always good—and was dismissed as economically illiterate by her colleagues. Capitalist orthodoxy doesn't allow questioning of its most fundamental assumptions; they're treated as self-evident rather than contestable."
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Get the Capitalist Orthodoxy mug.To live like a capitalist, means to make $100,000 while still living in your parents house/basement. This is usually shouted at hecklers when asked how much you make.
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Ghost: Yes you're on true capitalist radio.
213: Hey ghost, whats good baby. I gotta feed my keedz ghost. I gotta be feeding dem keedz.
213: Hey ghost, whats good baby. I gotta feed my keedz ghost. I gotta be feeding dem keedz.
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The vulture capitalists had been circling the company for some time, waiting for it to call in the administrators.
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"It's well known that the business is having major problems paying its bills, so I guess it won't be long before the vulture capitalists start circling."
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Anarcho capitalists know that when you keep all of what you produce, you have an incentive to produce more, thus the whole of society benefits greatly from each individuals inherent greed.
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