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Though our work has only just started, we are convinced that within a generation we can redefine capitalism and build a sustainable and equitable global economy.
These have been renewed, not only due to the looming expansion of NATO which partly excludes Russia from Europe's security order, but also because of the swift, brutal development of Russian capitalism, which makes Russia unique in Europe and Asia.
In Russia these voices are seconded by backward and leftist elements who cry that Russia should abandon Western democracy and capitalism and take the "Chinese Road", meaning an authoritarian way to economic growth.
Most Central Asian states are mired in feudal socialism or feudal capitalism, while Russia -- despite imperfections -- moves towards capitalism and democracy.
These institutions represent a viable alternative to the extremes of capitalism that have given rise to morally reprehensible practices, from predatory lending and market manipulation in the financial sector to tech companies’ abuse of personal data and emissions cheating in the automobile industry.
That is, there were two rival economic systems, communism and capitalism; and there was a seemingly permanent division of the world into rich and poor nations.
There is a session entitled "21st century economics: beyond capitalism and communism" -- as if that were still a live rivalry.
There is, of course, no longer any question of a conflict between communism and capitalism.
The real contenders among economic and political systems seem to be a relatively humane welfare-state capitalism -- which is the system that defeated Communism, but which seems to be falling apart in both Europe and North America; a raw frontier-style capitalism, with few protections for the unlucky -- a system that seems to be the objective of conservatives in the United States, and may be the eventual outcome in much of Europe; and an oligarchy in which the power of the state is used to further the interests of the elite, with little pretense of either socialism or democracy -- the system that now prevails in China and to a lesser extent in some other Asian developing countries, and that could easily become the future of much of the former Soviet Empire.
Forsaking socialism, China did not adopt capitalism, but kept the Communist Party atop a self-legitimized hierarchy.
Capitalism versus DemocracyWARSAW: Around the world, democracy is on the march.
For although capitalism is triumphant, we cannot speak of the triumph of democracy.
The connection between capitalism and democracy is far from automatic.
Capitalism creates wealth but cannot be relied upon to assure freedom, democracy and the rule of law.
Capitalism seemed to be dying.
Compared to Indian capitalism, capitalism’s ethical failures elsewhere look especially benign.
Nor has the inconsistency between China’s capitalism and its lack of civil liberties been resolved yet.
While some of the very rich complain, as Warren Buffett did recently, that they do not pay enough taxes, the enlightened generosity of these happy few – who want to save capitalism and liberalism – is unlikely to be emulated by the new rich in the emerging countries, much less by the rich elsewhere.
In Christianity, the Reformation was essential to forging democracy and capitalism.
America’s public culture has long shied away from highbrow thinking, often touting a kind of demotic laissez-faire egalitarianism as a precondition for unrestricted creativity and the unbridled capitalism that it supports.
SOROS: I discussed this in 2000, in my book on The Crisis of Global Capitalism.
So far, global capitalism is surviving, but with great difficulty.
I don’t think there is a viable alternative to global capitalism, but it does need better institutions.
Twenty years after communism’s fall, authoritarian capitalism has emerged as the leading challenger to the spread of democratic values.
The authoritarian model of capitalism that Rajapaksa introduced to our country, and that much of the world seems to be embracing nowadays, is not for us.
During this time, capitalism – smooth and successful between 1945-1975 (sustained high growth, low unemployment, and no financial crises) – weakened.
Before the crisis, when US growth (using standard GDP measures) seemed so much stronger than that of Europe, many Europeans argued that Europe should adopt US-style capitalism.
Struggling with a crisis that is shaking the foundations of capitalism and the American way of life, and laden with a $10 trillion national debt and a $1 trillion budget deficit, the United States is bound to opt for a realistic foreign policy, one that departs from the haughty disregard for history, tradition, and religion that characterized the Bush administration.
Shared Capitalism at Work, a recent book edited by Douglas Kruse, Richard Freeman, and Joseph Blasi, confirms this conclusion with more recent evidence.
Like most Russians, he wanted the material advantages of capitalism, but had little respect or understanding for the rule of law and dispersion of power, which makes capitalist institutions work.
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