Noun
One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHowever, it was mostly concentrated in the hands of the rentier class, while the debt was serviced by mainly regressive taxes that weighed on the working population. Source: Internet
The economy could thus be described as one which is "exploitative" - a rentier state - and based upon the extraction of unsustainable resources or non-reusable assets. Source: Internet