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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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In The New Capitalists, to be published this week, activist fund manager David Pitt-Watson and his co-authors argue that if people were to use their ownership power, it could create a new 'civil economy', to bridge the divides between workers, company boards and shareholders.

1/ Is The New Capitalists a name of a newpaper? If not, what is it?

2/ Does to here mean in order to? If not, what doe sit mean?

3/ Does economy here mean the action to not waste money? If not, what does it mean?

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Tung Quoc Please read: In The New Capitalists , to be published this week, activist fund manager David Pitt-Watson and his co-authors argue that if people were to use their ownership power, it could create a new 'civil economy', to bridge the divides between workers, company boards and shareholders. 1/ Is The New Capitalists a name of a newpaper? If not, what is it?

  • Tung Quoc Please read: In The New Capitalists , to be published this week, activist fund manager David Pitt-Watson and his co-authors argue that if people were to use their ownership power, it could create a new 'civil economy', to bridge the divides between workers, company boards and shareholders.
  • 1/ Is The New Capitalists a name of a newpaper?
  • If not, what is it?
  • It's probably either a magazine or a book.
  • 2/ Does to here mean in order to ?
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Tung QuocPlease read:

In The New Capitalists, to be published this week, activist fund manager David Pitt-Watson and his co-authors argue that if people were to use their ownership power, it could create a new 'civil economy', to bridge the divides between workers, company boards and shareholders.

1/ Is The New Capitalists a name
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Hi,

Why didn't the author write "civil economics" but he wrote "civil economy"?

What is the exact meaning of economy here? Why is it put in quotation marks?

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It's NOT economics, it's the meaning 4 here:

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/economy

say "the US economy."

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