Certainly US system suffers from myopia. Though I'm not sure at what point we stifle the swashbuckling nature that has made us the country of the new in busines

Certainly US system suffers from myopia. Though I'm not sure at what point we stifle the swashbuckling nature that has made us the country of the new in business/tech/research. I err on the side of increased transparency of financial sector, stronger FTC actions against monopolists, IP reform, etc. than on Germany's more activist bent. Ours is more of an economy of the new, and our Anglo-Saxon nature should be embraced by better regulation - not necessarily more.