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Capitalism has existed in a limited form in the economies of all civilizations, but its modern importance dates at least from the Industrial Revolution that began in the 18th cent., when bankers, merchants, and industrialists-the bourgeoisie-began to displace landowners in political, economic, and social importance, particularly in Great Britain.

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