I know yanis' thoughts well enough to tell what he was saying, but I really wish he would define capitalism more narrowly there. The thrust of his argument lie

I know yanis' thoughts well enough to tell what he was saying, but I really wish he would define capitalism more narrowly there. The thrust of his argument lies somewhat far away from the broad brushes the vocabulary he uses has been painted with. Profitability no longer drives the system-as-a-whole, even though it remains the be-all and end-all for individual entrepreneurs. Consider what happened in London on August 12, 2020. It was the day markets learned that the British economy shrank disastrously – and by far more than analysts had expected (more than 20% of national income had been lost in the first seven months of 2020). Upon hearing the grim news, financiers thought: ‘Great! The Bank of England, panicking, will print even more pounds and channel them to us to buy shares. Time to buy shares!’