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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEMON SOCIALISM

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Lemon socialism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LEMON SOCIALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lemon socialism

Lemon socialism is a pejorative term for a form of government intervention in which government subsidies go to weak or failing firms, often with the intent of preventing further, systemic damage to what might otherwise be considered a free marketplace. When these subsidies take the form of a full or partial bail-out, as happened during the 2008 financial crisis, they may be seen as a form of state or crony capitalism. The pejorative comes from the perception among laissez-faire capitalists that failing companies are defective lemons that a working free market would replace with better-functioning companies in response to market demand, and the public-sector involvement this type of state intervention shares with socialism. Lemon socialism is not actually socialism: a marketplace still exists, even if that marketplace is not completely free. Confusingly, lemon socialism may also refer to government efforts to transition from capitalism to actual socialism; in this case it refers to a deliberate strategy of absorbing the losses entailed in saving jobs within the worst-performing sectors of the economy — the lemons — before the nationalization of more profitable industries.

Definition of lemon socialism in the English dictionary

The definition of lemon socialism in the dictionary is the policy of a government in a nominally free-market country of bailing out large failing private companies with taxpayers’ money.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEMON SOCIALISM

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lemon geranium
lemon grass
lemon grove
lemon juice
lemon soda
lemon sole
lemon squash
lemon squeezer
lemon tea
lemon tree
lemon verbena
lemon yellow
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lemonade

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEMON SOCIALISM

brutalism
capitalism
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colonialism
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imperialism
individualism
journalism
liberalism
literalism
materialism
metabolism
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nationalism
Orientalism
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Synonyms and antonyms of lemon socialism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lemon socialism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEMON SOCIALISM

Find out the translation of lemon socialism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lemon socialism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lemon socialism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

柠檬社会主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

socialismo limón
570 millions of speakers

English

lemon socialism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नींबू समाजवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الليمون الاشتراكية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лимон социализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limão socialismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিমন সমাজতন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

socialisme citron
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sosialisme lemon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zitrone Sozialismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レモン社会主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

레몬 사회주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lemon sosialisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chanh chủ nghĩa xã hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எலுமிச்சை சோசலிசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिंबू समाजवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Limon sosyalizmi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

limone socialismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cytryna socjalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лимон соціалізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lamaie socialism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

λεμόνι σοσιαλισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

suurlemoen sosialisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

citron socialismen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sitron sosialisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lemon socialism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEMON SOCIALISM»

The term «lemon socialism» is used very little and occupies the 182.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEMON SOCIALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lemon socialism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEMON SOCIALISM»

Discover the use of lemon socialism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lemon socialism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Crisis
Plan. to. privatize. Social. Security1. is. classic. lemon-socialism. By. Robert. Kuttner. Democrats won the mid-term election by campaigning on such popular issues as saving Social Security. But President Clinton's White House is on the verge ...
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Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation
Therefore, lessons must take the form of how to mitigate predictable damage from circumstances we cannot prevent. The Pitfalls of "Lemon " Socialism Harrington complains: "In ordinary times, when the system was working on its own terms, ...
Robin Hahnel, 2005
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The Concise Encyclopedia of The Great Recession 2007-2012
investment bank's filings for Chapter 11, in the largest bankruptcy case in U.S. history. See also LEHMAN BROTHERS. LEMON SOCIALISM. Where taxpayers bear the cost if things go wrong, but stockholders and executives get the benefits if ...
Jerry M. Rosenberg, 2012
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The End of the Cold War: European Unity, Socialism, and the ...
In dealing with the economy, British Socialists made the first of the classic mistakes of postwar social democracy by inventing "lemon socialism." They nationalized industries that were losing money and that had been terribly undercapitalized ...
Bogdan Denis Denitch, 1990
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Ethnic Nationalism: The Tragic Death of Yugoslavia
Much of the public sector, particularly heavy industry, will remain as an example of "lemon socialism," with desperate needs of funding for modernization and reorganization. These will probably be transitional societies for a considerable time ...
Bogdan Denis Denitch, 1996
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Restoration
Trade policy also is a program to redistribute wealth from unorganized American consumers to well-organized and well- connected commercial interests. Call it Republican socialism. Its result is “lemon socialism,” the survival of the feeble.
George F. Will, 2010
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The Developmental State
As the public sector evolved, however, it became as much hospital as commanding height, accumulating "sick" and failing enterprises (a process often called "lemon socialism"), not in Chalmers Johnson's "plan-rational" mode but as employer ...
Meredith Woo-Cumings, 1999
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Management and Neoliberalism: Connecting Policies and Practices
First of all, the Bush administration's Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), implemented during the dour fall of 2008 (see Barofsky, 2012), was an eminent example of what Paul Krugman would refer to as “lemon socialism,” in which ...
Alexander Styhre, 2014
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Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader
In capitalist countries, government generally (a) nationalizes sick and unprofitable industries (“lemon socialism”) and (b) privatizes profitable public ones—in both cases for the benefit of big corporate investors. Examples of (a): In 1986, in what ...
Michael Parenti, 2013
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Remaking the City
Others have recently referred to this phenomenon as “lemon socialism” (Schur, 1980). Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein, wrote a novel that has endured as a classic for more than a century. One reason for its durability may be that it articulates a ...
John Pipkin, Mark La Gory, Judith R. Blau, 1983

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEMON SOCIALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lemon socialism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lemonade Socialism Strikes Again
I think it might have been George Will who coined the term “lemon socialism,” but it is time once again to turn our attention to what I call ... «Power Line, Jul 15»
2
Greeks stand up to 'lemon socialism'
Each experienced what was termed at the time a “new financial era” that produced an enormous expansion of its finance sector. This led to an ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
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'Lemon socialism'
You may not be familiar with the phrase “lemon socialism,” but that is precisely what this is: private profits and socialized losses. «Emporia Gazette, Jul 15»
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The Archives: Plenty of Blame For Whalers Exit, But No One …
All those who hate lemon socialism will be thrilled that Karmanos agreed to put $20.5 million back into the Connecticut Development Authority ... «Hartford Courant, Jun 15»
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One last laugh together
The majority correctly put words in context · 'Inartful drafting' reasoning makes justices 'inartful dodgers' · Greeks reject EU's 'lemon socialism' ... «The Keene Sentinel, Jun 15»
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Potato Barn restoration
Greeks reject EU's 'lemon socialism' · Puerto Rico needs help to fix its ... Greeks reject EU's 'lemon socialism' · Puerto Rico needs help to fix its ... «The Keene Sentinel, May 15»
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Royal Dutch Shell to buy BG Group in $69.7B takeover
Smart Money: Greeks push back against EU's 'lemon socialism' · Consumer Concerns: A consumer victory over sleazy debt collectors ... «Fresno Bee, Apr 15»
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Krauthammer: Solyndra Deal Was Lemon Socialism And Crony …
Charles Krauthammer: "This is a classic example of this toxic combination of lemon socialism and crony capitalism. The lemon socialism part is ... «RealClearPolitics, Sep 11»
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Op-Ed Columnist Bailouts for Bunglers
... instead, about the administration's plans for a banking system rescue — plans that are shaping up as a classic exercise in “lemon socialism”: ... «New York Times, Feb 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lemon socialism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lemon-socialism>. Apr 2024 ».
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