Africa: World Leaders Condemn Capitalism - Africa or Liberia, Which Way?

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Is capitalism having a bad coverage? Well, many voters under capitalism are having more doubts about the benefits of this economic system or "trickledown theory." In a 2016 Poll, Harvard University found that 51 percent of young American voters rejected capitalism and have positive views about socialism, similar to the conclusion of the 2011 Pew Poll.

President Donald Trump, then U.S. presidential candidate stated that, "America's economic system is rigged;" U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders stated that had Americans been under socialism the price of a medicine would not have increased from $40 in 2001 to $40,000 in 2016. In the 6/14/17 NY Times newspaper, he concluded that capitalism "is a dismal failure."

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