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dispossessed
the economically deprived
rubber stamp
to approve a plan or law quickly or routinely, without examination
blank-check
referring to permission to use an unlimited amount of money or authority
foreign exchange
the transfer of credits or accounts between the citizens or financial institutions of different nations
hoarding
secretly storing up quantities of goods or money
boondoggling
engaging in trivial or useless work; any enterprise characterized by such work
fascist
referring to a political system or philosophy that advocates a mass-based party dictatorship, extreme nationalism, racism, and the glorification of war
parity
equivalence in monetary value under different conditions; specifically in the United States,the price for farm products that would give them the same purchasing power as in the period 1909-1914
holding company
a company that owns, and usually controls, the stocks and securities of another company
collective bargaining
bargaining between an employer and his organized work force over hours, wages, and other conditions of employment
jurisdiction
concerning the proper sphere in which authority may be exercised
checks and balances
in american politics the interlocking system of divided and counter weighed authority among the executive. legislature, and judicial branches of government
pinko
disparaging term for someone who is not "red" and Communist, but is presumed to be sympathetic to communism
deficit spending
the spending of public finds beyond the amount of income
left-wing
in politics, groups, or parties that traditionally advocate greater economic and social and the welfare of the common people