Reinventing American Capitalism
Fewer and fewer Americans believe that capitalism - at least the way it has played out in the United States - is working. Can the system be reinvented?
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Show Notes
Capitalism is a recurring theme among the ever-growing list of Democratic presidential candidates. But many Americans of all political stripes have concerns about our free market economy and whether it is working for them, according to Steven Pearlstein, a Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist for The Washington Post and author of "Can American Capitalism Survive: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal, and Fairness Won't Make Us Poor."
We talk with Pearlstein about the importance of fairness in economic growth, and consider some ways to reinvent capitalism.