Contents
Part A: The Myths
9
1. “Capitalism is responsible for hunger and poverty”
11
2. “Capitalism leads to growing inequality”
33
3. “Capitalism is responsible for environmental destruction
and climate change”
59
4. “Capitalism repeatedly leads to new economic and financial crises”
85
5. “Capitalism is dominated by the rich; they set the political agenda”
103
6. “Capitalism leads to monopolies”
121
7. “Capitalism promotes selfishness and greed”
143
8. “Capitalism entices people to buy products they don’t need”
159
9. “Capitalism leads to wars”
187
10. “Capitalism means that there is always a danger of fascism”
205
Part B: The Alternaives
221
11. Socialism always looks good on paper
(except in a history book)
223
Part C: Popular Perceptons of Capitalism
265
12. What people in the United States think of capitalism
267
13. What people in United Kingdom think of capitalism
297
14. What people in Asia, Europe, South America and the United States think of
capitalism
321
Conclusion: Anti-capitalism as a political religion
359
Weiying Zhang: Market Economy and Common Prosperity
377
The Questionnaire
401
The Author
405
Bibliography
407
Index of Persons
437
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