31. That old-fashioned belief, and the equally quaint notion that boards of directors should knowledgeably and honestly oversee their corporations, are in fact cornerstones of American capitalism. 32. The epicenter of American capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange, has also become a bit of a religious center lately. 33. The process of assimilation only accelerated after the war, when they began to enjoy the fruits of American capitalism. 34. The question of who really owns a company has long been important in American capitalism. 35. The ruthless and hedonistic ways of American capitalism were widely denounced in foreign countries, though less so in places in close contact with them. 36. The terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center may have been trying to crush American capitalism and its masters of the universe on Wall Street. 37. The terrorists, the bankers, brokers and lawyers say, may have destroyed a symbol of American capitalism, but not the industry or a way of life. 38. They stood near the historical epicenter of American capitalism, just outside the wall that contained the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. 39. When critics of American capitalism talk about inequality, they usually mean salaries. 40. While a relief for taxpayers, it also means injecting with square needles the crassly commercial worst of American capitalism into the Olympics. |