1.   Capitalism provided the state with an economic foundation for political expansion.

2.   On this theory, global capitalism provides the necessary impetus for revolution in the countries where TNCs are most active.

3.   Capitalism provides no safety net for the maladroit.

4.   Even so, capitalism has provided nasty jolts, including the closing of a clothing factory and a video store.

5.   The implication, according to the textbooks, is that capitalism provides entrepreneurs too little of the profit that investments create for the economy.