corporate welfare

collocation in English

meaningsofcorporateandwelfare

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corporate
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.pər.ət/us
/ˈkɔːr.pɚ.ət/
relating to a ...
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welfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwel.feər/us
/ˈwel.fer/
help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have ...
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(Definition ofcorporateandwelfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorporate welfare

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Meanwhile, this underdeveloped state welfare was accompanied by a rapid increase incorporatewelfare.
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Corporatewelfareis not a new development since the state has long subsidised business.
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In order to analyse issues connected to the state's financial infrastructure, it is useful to draw upon the concept of 'corporatewelfare'.
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As a result of both the internal and external pressures to business organisations that emerged from the middle of the 1980s onwards,corporatewelfarerapidly expanded.
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The corporate world does not believe in the absence of subsidies; it simply believes incorporatewelfare.
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They are vehemently opposed to environmental regulations,corporatewelfare, subsidies, and other areas of economic intervention.
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State leaders criticized the deal ascorporatewelfarefor a politically connected startup.
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Furthermore, government bailouts are criticized ascorporatewelfare, which encourages corporate irresponsibility by allowing moral hazard.
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The project ultimately cost $13.5 million (some of which was paid by the province), and was derided by critics ascorporatewelfare.
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At that time he became embroiled in controversy overcorporatewelfareand the role of technology transfer from the national laboratories to the private sector.
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Recently, there has been a strong movement among liberals againstcorporatewelfare, which is generally favored by pro-government conservatives.
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In 1995, the government spent 900 billion dollars on the visible welfare state and 400 billion dollars on tax expenditures viacorporatewelfare, military welfare, and social welfare.
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If this system reducedcorporatewelfareby only 10 percent, it would more than cover the cost.
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Corporatewelfareiscorporatewelfare.
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Other platform planks include an end tocorporatewelfare, and the establishment of small community schools, universal health care and campaign finance reform.
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Supporters of the existing tort system, including consumer advocates, argue that reformers have misstated the existence of any real factual issue and criticize tort reform as disguisedcorporatewelfare.
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