I find it extraordinary that Powers and other leftists still have 19th century, and in some cases, medieval, views of capitlism, economics and class. Yet they do, and while they are still complaining about imaginary explotation and mythical robber barons, they fail to recognize (or refuse to) that socialist Eastern Europe was far more polluted than the West, and the people there are far more likely to have been poisoned by toxic dumping. But have we ever heard a condemation of socilism? Capitlism is the freedom to pursue your purpose in life. Powers and others have a problem with this. If you're a luddite, long for the days when there were serfs and nobels, or simply wish to live in a fantasy world where the big evil rich (and inevidably, WASP) "man" is out to get you, this book will satisfy your every need.