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Attributes and Trends of Rentified Capitalism

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  • Giovanni Dosi

    (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)

  • Lucrezia Fanti

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Maria Enrica Virgillito

    (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)

Abstract

What is rentified capitalism? And, how can we characterise its unfolding into the socio-economic sphere? This paper theoretically and empirically defines attributes and trends of rentified capitalism, that we shall argue, it is more than a stage of capitalism, but it rather represents a new socio-economic paradigm characterised by the primacy of rent accumulation. The functioning of rentified capitalism is based on three mechanisms, namely, appropriation, exclusion and commodification. From income distribution, to financialization, from housing to intellectual property rights, the definition of the ownership structure is nowadays progressively favouring the power of rentiers in the production and redistribution spheres, as such jeopardizing the very capacity of capitalism as a system able to generate new economic value and a social and equitable prosperity.

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  • Giovanni Dosi & Lucrezia Fanti & Maria Enrica Virgillito, 2024. "Attributes and Trends of Rentified Capitalism," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 10(2), pages 435-457, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:italej:v:10:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s40797-024-00279-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s40797-024-00279-1
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