From great expectation to gross exploitation

Abstract

In this article the author contends that capitalism is not only an economic system, but is also an attitude, a disposition, an active, living spirit whose principles easily endear themselves to seekers of progress and harmony, as well as to those who suffer from its failings. The practice of capitalism arouses the human propensities of desire, self-interest, and greed that often results in the co-opting and corruption of higher ideals, in this case the noble aims of education.