Social Credit

American  

noun

Economics.

1. the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.

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Social Credit British  

noun

1. (esp in Canada) a right-wing Populist political party, movement, or doctrine based on the socioeconomic theories of Major C. H. Douglas

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Other Word Forms

• Social Crediter
  noun

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Social Credit

Despite this broadside, the Conservatives hoped that the Social Credit Party, which had saved them on five previous no-confidence votes, would support them again.

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Another grandiose Social Credit idea turned out last week to be bankrupt.

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But in two crucial votes of confidence, the right-wing Social Credit Party, like the Tories, in no mood for an early election, sided with the government to keep it in power.

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As a publicity stunt to lure tourists, Alberta's Social Credit government staged a "national dish" contest, offered $1,000 in prizes.

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Clark will not seek a formal alliance with either the Social Credit Party or the leftist N.D.P.

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