Citações - 29 : Do capitalismo mundial

" (...) In truth, historians will mark the 20 years since 1989 as the short period of American triumphalism. With the collapse of great banks and financial houses, and the ensuing economic turmoil and chaotic attempts at rescue, that period is over. So, too, is the debate over «market fundamentalism», the notion that unfettered markets, all by themselves, can ensure economic prosperity and growth. Today only the deluded would argue that markets are self-correcting or that we can rely on the self-interested behavior of market participants to guarantee that everything works honestly and properly. "

Este trecho faz parte de um notável artigo de três páginas, escrito pelo Nobel da Economia Joseph Stiglitz na Vanity Fair deste mês. Arrojas&Cia deviam ser obrigados a lê-lo pelo menos dez vezes para interiorizarem...