Word: capitalisme
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That fact has apparently been forgotten. The very concepts behind the American economy are now frowned upon as the sources of the global recession. Instead we hear praise of China's "state capitalism" - the notion that semi-command economics can work better than Economic Man. And what of America's...
She knew how to make an entrance. Her dark hair cut in a severe pageboy, Ayn Rand would sweep into a room with a long black cape, a dollar-sign pin on her lapel and an ever present cigarette in an ivory holder. Melodramatic, yes, but Rand didn't have...
1. Couples Retreat, $35.3 million, first weekend 2. Zombieland, $15 million; $47.8 million, second week 3. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, $12 million; $96.2 million, fourth week 4. Toy Story 3-D and Toy Story 2 3-D, $7.7 million; $22.7 million, second week 5. Paranormal Activity, $7.1 million...
Two years into the Great Recession, it's time to face the truth: optimism feels good, really good, but it turns out to be the methamphetamine of run-amok American capitalism. Meth induces a "Superman syndrome." Optimism fed into what Steve Eisman, a banking analyst who foresaw the crash, calls...
So audiences are attracted to and entertained by Moore--but what is the political effect of his star quality? In Capitalism, after cogently diagnosing the collusion of Wall Street and Congress in cooking this mess, he ends not by urging tough legislation but by calling for community activism and labor...