Capitalism, in contrast, has existed for fewer than 300 years. If the entire history of Homo sapiens was a 24-hour day, then capitalism has existed for two minutes.

The total dividend income declared in 1995 by the bottom 9.7 million Canadian tax-filers (47% of all those submitting tax returns) was $310 million. The estimated dividend income received by the Thomson family in 1995 from its 72% ownership share of the Thomson Corporation and its 22% ownership share of the Hudson's Bay Company was $310 million.

Economics is a social science, not a physical science.

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

Competition-ruthless, unforgiving, to-the-death competition-is a crucial feature of capitalism.

Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

Capitalism, in contrast, has existed for fewer than 300 years. If the entire history of Homo sapiens was a 24-hour day, then capitalism has existed for two minutes.