Government: government ownership and operation of a productive facility for the purpose of providing some good or service to citizens. Examples of publicly owned enterprises in the United States include the postal service and numerous transportation and public utilities corporations.
Investment: portion of a corporation's stock that is publicly owned and traded in the open market.
Government: government ownership and operation of a productive facility for the purpose of providing some good or service to citizens. The government supplies the capital, controls management, sets prices, and generally absorbs all risks and reaps all profits-similar to a private enterprise. When public ownership displaces private ownership in a particular instance, it is called nationalization.
.Investments: publicly traded portion of a corporation's stock.
