rentier, n.All

The Rentier (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the businessman tired of routine exertion, who wants only to amuse himself or hold a light post as company director.

Rentier (n.) along ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with the landlord, the money-lender, and the government and its officials, face the industrial capitalist as buyers bringing money of their own, and what is always forgotten is the source from which they obtained that money.

The Rentier (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠become the whole of society: if all capitalists turned money-lenders, interest would collapse and they would be forced back into industry — capitalism cannot run without capitalist production.

The Rentier (n.) multiplies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as a nation grows rich — heirs living off their ancestors' labour and retirees off their own past — and since rentiers and lenders are one and the same, interest falls.

A Rentier (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an industrialist who has feathered his nest and withdrawn — the more profitable the cycle, the more of them there are.