As Smash-and-Grab Capitalism Collapses, the French Economy Shines

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 17, 2009 Many in Britain and the United States are in mourning for what's taken as the suicide of the American (or Thatcherite, or Chicago-school) model of capitalism, accompanied by the non-interventionist state that hands the national economy over to business and financial leaders to run. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )