State ownership

State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public ownership specifically refers to industries selling goods and services to consumers and differs from public goods and government services financed out of a government's general budget. Public ownership can take place at the national, regional, local, or municipal levels of government; or can refer to non-governmental public ownership vested in autonomous public enterprises.

Extends: Capitalism, [Economic systems](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Economic systems), Ownership, [Property law](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Property law), [State ownership](https://wikipedia.org.ai/State ownership)