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Is the result a concentration of even more assets — whether stocks, bonds, real estate or other choices — in the hands of wealthier people, building a greater rentier dynamic?
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Iran, by contrast, has a rentier economy more akin to that of Russia.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
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Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Alfred, a geographer, photographer, and sportsman, came from a wealthy rentier Geneva family.
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Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2024
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Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Iran, by contrast, has a rentier economy more akin to that of Russia.
—
Karim Sadjadpour,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Alfred, a geographer, photographer, and sportsman, came from a wealthy rentier Geneva family.
—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 Nov. 2024
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“Rentier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rentier. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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rentier
noun
ren·tier
rän-ˈtyā, ˈrän-ˌtyā 
: a person who lives on income from property or securities
Etymology
French, from rente income from a property, rent
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