Rentier

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A rentier is a person or entity receiving income derived from patents, copyrights, interest, etc.

Rentier may also refer to:

  • Rentier capitalism, economic practices of gaining profit by monopolizing access to property
  • Rentier state, a state which derives national revenues from the rent of indigenous resources
  • Rent-seeking, political activity to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating wealth

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