A rentier is a person who lives on income from property and investments. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010] Reference
But there they jolly well are, aren't they? rentier. From Wordnik.com. [Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola] Reference
Progressive must now mean a socially liberal rentier. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Price of Depression, the Upside of Optimism] Reference
As Arthur Rimbaud suggested, I think you should be a rentier. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: A PERSONAL NOTE.] Reference
A few years later he wrote about the "euthanasia of the rentier". From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom from the Great Depression: Who Said It?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I said he should not as he had been pro war and is a big rentier. From Wordnik.com. [Commercialisation of Compass] Reference
It is beneficial for us all to have empowered workers than rentier drones. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-21] Reference
Keynes concluded his General Theory by calling for "euthanasia of the rentier.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama's New World Order] Reference
It shows he is receiving some land rentier benefit from a second home in London. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-07] Reference
The Democrats and Obama along with the elites are trying to preserve the "rentier society". From Wordnik.com. [Rich People Like Gates, Sr. « PubliCola] Reference
The measure hit the rentier class hardest and explains later opposition to further devaluation. From Wordnik.com. [1927, July 13] Reference
Which seems to be a way some of these MPs try to escape vilification for their rentier activity. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Grayling: Utter Disgrace to the Old School Tie] Reference
And with the disappearance of its rentier aspect much else in it besides will suffer a sea-change. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
My french is dreadfully rusty, when you refer to the rentier masses, what does “rentier” mean?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 1, 2010] Reference
And the fact he is a low rent rentier and a political flirter like his dad does not come in to it. From Wordnik.com. [Conservative Resistance: Those Old Habits Die Hard] Reference
How come no US economist seems willing to say the word “rentier”, or even think it? roublen Says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Brink Lindsey Accuses Progressives of Peddling “Nostalgianomics”] Reference
That same economy has been overrun by rentier capitalists who have driven the global economy over a cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Stan Goff: Commanding-in-Chief] Reference
I imagine Goodwin's already worth a fortune and could just about manage to live a rentier existence from now on. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Iran is basically a third world country with a classic rentier one-commodity economy derived from its oil revenue. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Giraldi: War Without End Starts With Iran] Reference
Someone who lends money (or buys a financial asset) and takes in interest is a rentier, not a capitalist. bdbd says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Is Stimulus Impossible] Reference
It was the expansive rentier activity and the utterly mad conspiracy theories that did for him from my point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Meacher: Taxing Ideas For Darling and Brown] Reference
But the Georgist “tax” simply appropriates the income of the rentier, the person who lives off other people's work. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
No former Ministers, current conspiracists, or land rentier millionaires were harmed in the making of this LoL montage. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-18] Reference
America has become a rentier nation, living off unearned income and racking up millions more debt every second of every day. From Wordnik.com. [Election Song] Reference
The major question is whether such taxes are just, whether the major burden of taxation should fall entirely on the rentier. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
If so I don't like that much and really want the govt to tackle this rentier business and restore some control and order to it. From Wordnik.com. [Wearing Tories Clothes (NOT): Stay Left Shep Stay Left] Reference
Pakistan has a restive Islamist population, but also lacks many of the problems inherent with the rentier states of the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [03/27/2007] Reference
The thing about the red/blue rural/urban divide is that the cities are rentier societies in a way that the rest of the country is it. From Wordnik.com. [Inevitable Tax Increases, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
As a manifesto against protectionism, economic planning and grasping rentier behavior, the "Wealth of Nations" has never been bettered. From Wordnik.com. [A Wealth Of Ideas] Reference
Even if we allow that Keynes didn't argue for the "euthanasia of the rentier," what did he think of the 91% marginal rates during WW II?. From Wordnik.com. [When Ayn Rand Villains Ruled the Earth, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
If one thinks it is easy to be in the rentier business, think again. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
Keynes, who talked about the "euthanasia of the rentier", might have approved. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
In the early phase the rentier class was small and most capitalists directly owned their own businesses. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
It also minimizes rentier incomes, thereby encouraging higher labor force participation and increased real output. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
If the rentier class chose to reduce its consumption and save, this saving was by itself quite disconnected from investment. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
This model allowed the savings of the rentier class to be balanced by the rising indebtedness of the lower classes and the state. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Q: As in the past, financial fee based business model (a rentier system) creates a kind of ecosystem, an entire "industrial complex". From Wordnik.com. [Tubarão Esquilo - Rede Editorial] Reference
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