National Review's Jonah Goldberg offers a brief essay on capitalism's accomplishments.
Every good thing capitalism helps produce — from singing careers to cures for diseases to staggering charity — is credited to some other sphere of our lives. Every problem with capitalism, meanwhile, is laid at her feet. Except the problems with capitalism — greed, theft, etc. — aren’t capitalism’s fault, they’re humanity’s. Socialist countries have greedy thieves, too.
Goldberg's article is a MUST READ. He updates it saying,
"I didn't acknowledge/stress enough how diluted and compromised American capitalism already is. . . " I thought this piece on how to make countries rich, in Esquire, of all places, was pretty good. - I'd be remiss if I didn't use this moment to once again plug Kling & Schulz's From Poverty to Prosperity.