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Heuschreckenkapitalismus
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German
Etymology
de Heuschrecke locust -n- Kapitalismus capitalism, coined by German politician Franz Müntefering (2004).
Pronunciation
de De-Heuschreckenkapitalismus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.sg
de colloquial derogatory vulture capitalism
de 2009-11-11 Alexander Schwabe Tod eines Helden Die Zeit https://www.zeit.de/sport/2009-11/kommentar-tod-enke Vor knapp einem Jahr warf sich der Milliardär Adolf Merkle in der Nähe von Ulm vor den Zug. Einer der reichsten Männer des Landes, hoffnungslos in den Fehlschaltungen der globalen Geldströme verloren, war zum Opfer eines gierigen Heuschreckenkapitalismus geworden. Almost a year ago, the billionaire Adolf Merkle threw himself in front of a train near Ulm. One of the richest men in the country, hopelessly lost in the faulty circuits of the global currents of money, became the victim of a greedy vulture capitalism. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125104929/https://www.zeit.de/sport/2009-11/kommentar-tod-enke 25 January 2025
Declension
m.sg
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