There are five basic economic characteristics in the stage of monopoly capitalism:
1. Monopoly replaces competition in economic life, and the high concentration of production and capital leads to the emergence of monopoly organizations that play a decisive role in economic life;
2. Bank capital and industrial capital have merged to form a financial oligarchy;
3. Capital export has become a typical economic phenomenon, which is of great significance in social and economic development;
4. The international monopoly alliance of capitalists has been formed, and the world has been divided up economically;
The struggle of the largest capitalist country to carve up and re-carve up the world territory is becoming increasingly fierce.
The most fundamental feature is that monopoly is dominant in economic life.
Extended data:
The main form of state monopoly capitalism;
The first category is state-owned and directly affiliated enterprises, including: state-owned enterprises that meet the needs of state institutions, state-owned enterprises that provide public products, state-owned enterprises in high-tech and high-risk emerging industries and state-owned enterprises in general industries.
The second type is joint venture between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, including: state-owned enterprises sell some shares to private enterprises, state and private enterprises jointly invest in joint ventures, state-owned enterprises merge with private enterprises, state-owned enterprises participate in private enterprises, and state-owned enterprises lease or contract to private enterprises.
Thirdly, the state participates in the reproduction process of private monopoly capital through various forms, including: as a buyer of goods and services, the state places a large number of orders with private monopoly enterprises to provide a guaranteed national market for private monopoly enterprises;
Through various forms of subsidies and subsidies, the state directly or privately monopolized enterprises in indirect subsidies; Through social welfare expenditure, the state improves social purchasing power, expands consumer demand and creates market conditions for private monopoly enterprises.
Fourth, macro-control and micro-control. Macro-adjustment mainly refers to the state's use of fiscal policy, monetary policy and other economic means to adjust the total social supply and total demand, in order to achieve the basic goals of rapid economic growth, full employment, price stability and international balance of payments.
Micro-regulation mainly means that the state uses legal means to regulate market order, limit monopoly, protect competition and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the public.
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