the game where you can win by making things people need, or by making them need things.
means an economic system where private individuals own capital and production, and prices, wages, and profits are set mostly by markets rather than the state.
from the word itself is younger than the practice: coined mid-1800s, popularized by critics like proudhon and marx who needed a name for the thing they hated, then cheerfully adopted by the people doing quite well out of it.
wall street — nyse lists companies worth over 25 trillion dollars combined
shenzhen — fishing village in 1980, trillion-dollar tech hub by 2020
amazon — bezos started it in a garage, now moves 1.6 million packages daily
the gilded age — 1870s-1900s america, robber barons and railroads and no income tax