Reply #5: well of course [View All]

[paulsby]

but there is no country on earth that HAS "pure capitalism". god knows we don't. singapore and hong kong have much less regulated capitalism than we do. and hong kong has done VERY VERY well btw. i just deride this "well if einstein says it it must be true" attitude, especially in regards to politics and economic systems. he isn't the all knowing wizard of oz. and he was speaking in a time when we didn't know what we know now - that socialism turned out to be a miserable failure. theories are great, but real world results matter.