Capitalism Forever?

Seth Ackerman sia at nyc.rr.com
Sun Feb 24 16:20:20 PST 2002


Doug Henwood wrote:


> And Jeremy Rifkin - who's not the most reliable
> source, so I'd like to check this out - quoted a Harvard Business
> Review poll of CEOs from the late 70s showing that most assumed
> capitalism was doomed and their grandchildren would live under
> socialism.

It's true. I once stumbled across a huge New York Times article it. The article appeared in 1976, and it was pegged to the bicentennial. The Times followed up with interviews of the CEO's. Their gloom was just stunning. The piece also quoted Rifkin, as I recall.

Seth



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