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Governments redirect resources to defense, constrain private enterprise, or shift entire regions into wartime production.
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Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Amtrak, often regarded as an albatross around taxpayers’ necks, lost more—about $705 million—but serves more than 500 stops, including many that a private enterprise would never bother with and that a public one is obligated to serve.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Afghanistan, like everywhere else today, depends on connectivity for banks, hospitals, airports, government services, and private enterprise.
—Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Following Fidel Castro’s departure from public life in 2008, Cuba’s subsequent leader, and Fidel’s brother, Raul Castro, announced a series of gradual steps intended to encourage private enterprise that had long been curtailed by the government.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Amtrak, often regarded as an albatross around taxpayers’ necks, lost more—about $705 million—but serves more than 500 stops, including many that a private enterprise would never bother with and that a public one is obligated to serve.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Afghanistan, like everywhere else today, depends on connectivity for banks, hospitals, airports, government services, and private enterprise.
—Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Following Fidel Castro’s departure from public life in 2008, Cuba’s subsequent leader, and Fidel’s brother, Raul Castro, announced a series of gradual steps intended to encourage private enterprise that had long been curtailed by the government.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Private enterprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20enterprise. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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