Capitalism gets the jitters, but don’t make a dash for the Blaskets just yet

It’s just that the strength of capitalism lies in its ability to adapt itself to new realities.

At the same time, there are some ill winds blowing which will have economic and political consequences for all of us. But a revolution? Let’s just say, it isn’t imminent

In 2001, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro produced a volume of his interminable speeches called ‘Capitalism in Crisis’. Most of us regarded it is as typically delusional. After all, the world economy was in pretty good shape back then. Many Cubans, meanwhile, had little idea where the next meal was coming from.