Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science of wealth or riches.
Wiktionary
- n. An economy that is significantly influenced by the very wealthy.
- n. The study of the production and distribution of wealth.
Etymologies
- Blend of plutocracy and economy, from Ancient Greek roots πλοῦτος (ploutos, "wealth") + νόμος (nomos, "law") (English -nomy). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Perhaps one reason that societies allow plutonomy is because enough of the electorate believe they have a chance of becoming a Pluto-participant," he wrote back then.”
The Huffington Post: How American Income Inequality Hit Levels Not Seen Since The Depression
“Another surprising disclosure is an internal Citigroup memo that claims that the US doesn't have an economy, but a "plutonomy" -- an economy based primarily on spending by the very rich.”
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Capitalism: A Love Story -- A Must-See Subversion
“Including the disaster capitalists who, in Naomi Klein's book, thought that they could own the world and simply jet away from all natural disasters to some well-appointed, "plutonomy" - friendly desert island.”
“The division of the world into rich and poor, what Citigroup describes as a "plutonomy and everyone else," worries even big financial services companies oCAHP93ivtdBcGtNdYL%2FGPh%2B8LHufM13xzhRMKrDPDWB1DlkkdhmK4UQ8wiYASgmNrkmgELjBSklED67kpphnQ%3D%3D @SashaHalima Facebook's plan to share users' home addresses, phone numbers:”
“Michael Moore's movie "Capitalism, A Love Story" brought attention to a concept known as "plutonomy," referring to economic growth that is powered and consumed entirely by the wealthy.”
The Huffington Post: Dave Johnson: Congress Giving Up On Helping Unemployed?
“If you want to read the Citigroup "plutonomy" memo (which I highly recommend), go here.”
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Capitalism: A Love Story -- A Must-See Subversion
“And someone like Kucinich doesn't have a shot in the oligarchic system capitalism has managed to set up as its political branch (Moore refers to a Citigroup document praising it as "plutonomy").”
“It’s called a plutonomy, where the economy is managed for the welfare of the rich.”
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“The very concept of capitalism, Moore declares in the film, is the problem because it inevitably leads to a system where the richest few control the means of production as well as the levers of power -- leading to a "plutonomy," a term used in a leaked Citigroup memo from”
“In a "plutonomy", according to Citigroup global strategist Ajay Kapur, economic growth is powered by and largely consumed by the wealthy few.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘plutonomy’.
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from phrontistery.info
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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My Favorite Words
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Kay Ballard's Freshly Discovered Word...
This is a list of words and phrases that I find particularly fresh, fun and perhaps useful.
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
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Esoteric BS
Words that I find to be highly unlikely of finding their way into my daily conversations.
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bilby "We are shown a leaked Citigroup memo that boasts of the results of Wall Street's unbridled profiteering. America has become a plutonomy, the memo gloats, where 1 percent of the population effectively owns and controls everything that goes on."
- Brian Jones, Capitalism, we're through, socialistworker.org, 2 October 2009. Oct 2, 2009