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financialization

financialization

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A change where money, banks, and markets become more important in the economy
  • noun
  • /ˌfaɪnænʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Formal
: financiarización
  • I think a lot of the problem is due to the financialization of the economy.

And the the result is that the financialization of real estate, of corporations, stocks and bonds began to price America out of the market.

Examples

  • The financialization of the economy has led to greater income inequality across the nation.

  • Social inequality and the financialization of medicine are probably contributing factors.

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  • Well, the balloon represents the financialization of the economy.

  • But the extra piles of money they made had to be managed, which led to the financialization of the economy.

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  • So Gail has certainly convinced me that the current system of financialization of everything is going to collapse.

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  • The feds started to come in and manipulate things and we had more of a financialization of the actual economy itself.

  • I also think these trends (financialization of the economy) ought to be viewed in historical perspective.

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  • In the U.S., financialization isn't a corrupting feature of our financial system; it is the system.

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  • The rampant financialization of nature is anathema to most of Brazil’s climate-justice movement.

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  • Many experts believe that the financialization of various industries can result in increased volatility.

Surface Forms

financialization singular
financializations plural

Morphology

financialization = financialize (semi-transparent) = finance + al + ize + ation

The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb financialize with the suffix -ation.

Etymology

Financialization comes from the word finance, which means 'money and banks', plus the ending -ize meaning 'make' and -ation meaning 'the process'. So financialization is the process of making more parts of the economy about finance, which is why we use it to talk about the growing power of banks, markets and money in society.