...oh regarding a country, well that's when republicans allow public lands to be sold to private interests for the exploitation of this country's natural wealth for the enrichment of the few. Must be thousands of examples.
Here's a definition: Asset Stripping is the practice of buying a company in order to sell its assets In business and accounting an asset is anything owned, whether in possession or by right to take possession, by a person or a group acting together, e.g. a company, the value of which can be expressed in monetary terms. Asset is listed on the balance sheet. It has a normal balance of debit.
Assets may be classified in many ways. The principal distinction normally made for business purposes is between:
fixed assets and
current assets.
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Asset stripping is also sometimes used to describe the practice of investors dealing directly with armed militant groups in developing nations A developing nation is an undeveloped nation. Such countries may actually be developing, but the term is often used euphemistically to include those which are not.
Developing nations are in general countries that have not achieved a significant degree of industrialization relative to their populations, and which have a low standard of living. There is a strong correlation between this status and high population growth...
to take direct control of assets that legally belong to the state
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