‘Capitalism’ Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours
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Capitalism, the bedrock of the U.S. economic system, isn’t a favorite term these days among American citizens, opinion surveys show.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a poll today showing that 57 percent of Americans say they support capitalism, compared with more than 70 percent who back free enterprise and free markets. Polls by the Gallup Organization and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press earlier this year found similar lower levels of enthusiasm for the term.