Antedating of "Capitalism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

capitalism (OED 1854)

1848 _Caledonian Mercury_ 25 Sept. (19th Century British Library Newspapers)  Lord George Bentinck ... gathered them once more together to resist once more that sweeping tide of capitalism and money-loving which threatens our country with the horrors of a plutocracy.

Fred Shapiro


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