creditism

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English

Etymology

From credit +‎ -ism.

Noun

creditism (countable and uncountable, plural creditisms)

  1. (economics, uncountable) A socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.
  2. (macroeconomics) A theory that the quantity of credit is a more important financial indicator for central banks to use to govern the economy than the money supply or interest rates.
  3. (political economy) Social creditism.

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