“The free enterprise concept inherent in the economic model of capitalism should mean common people, or lower and middle class wage-earners, have greater potential to rise up and gain financial independence. In reality, however, free enterprise all too often leads to an almost total lack of government regulation that in turn allows the global elite to run amuck in Gordon Gecko-style financial coups.” PeopleShouldMeanRealityGovernmentRunningTurnsCommonClassGreaterEconomicMiddleStyleModelsConceptsCapitalismGainsIndependenceFinancialEnterpriseMiddle ClassElitesRegulationInherentFree EnterpriseCoupsGovernment RegulationFinancial IndependenceEconomic Models Author:James Morcan
“The brilliant creative core of capitalism ... is the story the entrepreneurs and capital investors tell themselves about the future. How they intend to alter it, what they expect to gain in return, where they will raise the capital to accomplish their vision. Many of their stories turn out to be flawed or mistaken, of course, but the capacity to envision a set of future events and then act to fulfill them is a central source of capitalism's strength and its dominance of society.” StoriesTurnsCoursesVisionCreativeEventsSourceReturnCapitalismGainsCapacityRaisesEntrepreneurAccomplishBrilliantCoreInvestorsMistakenFlawedDominanceFuture Events Book:The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy Source: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
“At the turn of the [21st] century it was really Sergey Brin at Google who just had the thought of, well, if we give away all the information services, but we make money from advertising, we can make information free and still have capitalism. But the problem with that is it reneges on the social contract where people still participate in the formal economy. And it's a kind of capitalism that's totally self-defeating because it's so narrow. It's a winner-take-all capitalism that's not sustaining.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsKindStillsSelfProblemTurnsSocialEconomyCenturyInformationCapitalismAdvertisingMaking MoneyWinnerContractsGoogleFormal21st CenturySustainingSocial Contract Author:Jaron Lanier
“The essence of capitalism is expressed in two of its basic features: a) profit maximization and b) market competition. In their abstract formulations none of them was supposed to have anything conspiratorial against the poor. But in real life they turn out to be the "killers" of the poor - by making rich the richer and poor the poorer.” TwoRealTurnsPoliticsPoorEconomyRichCapitalismEssenceCompetitionProfitReal LifeFeaturesAbstractLiberalismKillersProfit Maximization Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.” FormTurnsSolutionsCapitalismCinema Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“As blue chips turn into penny stocks, Wall Street seems less like a symbol of America's macho capitalism and more like that famous Jane Austen character Mrs. Bennet, a flibbertigibbet always anxious about getting richer and her 'poor nerves.'” CharacterSeemsAmericaTurnsPoorStreetsWallCapitalismBlueSymbolsNervesAnxiousChipsJanePenniesGet RichMachoAustenMrs BennetBlue Chips Author:Maureen Dowd