[lbo-talk] "Capitalism Tool" Forbes adverts / signs?

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Nov 3 15:36:55 PDT 2010


I thought Forbes had _always_ called itself a capitalist tool.

Carrol

-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 4:25 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] "Capitalism Tool" Forbes adverts / signs?

On Nov 3, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:


> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 3, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>
>>> I remember seeing on-line photos of some big signs for Forbes
>>> magazine, with "Capitalism tool" written in big letters.
>>
>> Capitalist Tool. It was their slogan in the late 1990s.
>
> Thanks Doug!, and Jordan for a link to a pic.

I remember riding on the 23rd St crosstown bus in Manhattan sometime in the first month or two of 2000 - just before the Nasdaq peak - and down to my left on Broadway was a DoubleClick sign welcoming everyone to Silicon Alley, and to my right was a Forbes Capitalist Tool billboard. It was a heady moment. It was all gone a year later.

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