lemon socialism in English

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        "The practice in otherwise free market capitalist economies in which the government steps in to bail out or otherwise subsidize weak or failing firms. A government attempting to transition from capitalism to socialism by this method takes control of the worst industries — the \"lemons\" — first, which undermines such an approach."
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"lemon socialism" meaning in English

Noun