When those who control the wealth also control the laws, the opportunities
offered by capitalism are all but lost to all but the very wealthy few.
Not exact matches
The
offer of this world competes with other
offers made
by capitalism,
by militarism,
by psychology of various kinds,
by health clubs,
by automobiles,
by beers, and so on.
Scientists oriented toward socialism or Marxism (e.g., Bernal, Needham, Haldane) have complained that within
capitalism the direction of science has been determined
by corporation profits rather than the public welfare.5 The solutions they
offer stress political controls, which run the risk of imposing particular ideologies on the structure of science.
Above all, if we're to have a responsible
capitalism we need to make sure that the opportunity
offered by the internet is spread to a large number of small businesses not restricted to a small number of large ones.
Yang's A Confucian Confusion — an intricate, beautifully shot dissection of the new
capitalism and nouveau riche of Taipei and the conspiratorial mutual deceptions brought into play
by the new economics may be the first truly political film to have emerged from the Taiwanese New Wave, and perhaps even the truest picture
offered in Cannes of where the planet is headed.
What is
offered to consumers
by the Green Marketplace — organic and fair - trade foods, eco-architecture, bio-fuels, hybrid automobiles, and carbon offsets, etc., — just will not work within the social universe of
capitalism and the consumer marketplace and often leads to problems that green
capitalism was designed to alleviate.
Capitalism at its best is run
by idealists who have great ideas about how to make the world a better place
by offering more and better choices to individuals.
A supposed direct and sudden democracy that brought with it privatisation and the surge of
capitalism,
offered in abundance
by a Western ideology of «freedom», gave birth to feelings of confusion, distrust and dislocation that are existent until today.
I
offer Capitalism and prices set
by the level that maximizes returns to owners (the hardworking people of the country), which is proven to work.
As law professor Tim Wu points out in his book The Attention Merchants, consumer
capitalism is the most creative force in the contemporary world, able to hijack any personal or collective ideal
by turning it into consumer desire, encouraging us to feel entitled to the best possible relationships that require low maintenance and
offer high rewards.