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Meaning of lemon socialism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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The practice in otherwise free market capitalist economies in which the government steps in to bail out or otherwise subsidize weak or failing firms. A government attempting to transition from capitalism to socialism by this method takes control of the worst industriesthe "lemons" — first, which undermines such an approach.

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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