Definitions from Wiktionary (rent-seeking)
▸ noun: (economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.
▸ noun: The effort to increase one's share of wealth without doing something productive or adding value.
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▸ noun: (economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.
▸ noun: The effort to increase one's share of wealth without doing something productive or adding value.
Similar:
rent seeking,
job searching,
job hunting,
jobseeking,
profit motive,
job market,
predatory pricing,
jobbing,
profitmongering,
adverse selection,
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Opposite:
Types:
lobbying,
corruption,
monopoly,
rent extraction,
regulatory capture,
patent trolling,
subsidies,
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