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(Valuable graphic data at online version of this article - Steve ) http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm> bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347409.stm Free market flawed, says survey By James Robbins Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC poll has found widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism. In the global poll for the BBC World Service, only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said that it was working well. Most thought regulation and reform of the capitalist system were necessary. There were also sharp divisions around the world on whether the end of the Soviet Union was a good thing. Economic regulation In 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, it was a victory for ordinary people across Eastern and Central Europe. It also looked at the time like a crushing victory for free-market capitalism. Twenty years on, this new global poll suggests confidence in free markets has taken heavy blows from the past 12 months of financial and economic crisis. More than 29,000 people in 27 countries were questioned. In only two countries, the United States and Pakistan, did more than one in five people feel that capitalism works well as it stands. Almost a quarter - 23% of those who responded - feel it is fatally flawed. That is the view of 43% in France, 38% in Mexico and 35% in Brazil. And there is very strong support around the world for governments to distribute wealth more evenly. That is backed by majorities in 22 of the 27 countries. If there is one issue where a global consensus seems to emerge from the survey it is this: there are majorities almost everywhere wanting government to be more active in regulating business. It is only in Turkey that a majority want less government regulation. Opinion about the disintegration of the Soviet Union is sharply divided. Europeans overwhelmingly say it was a good thing: 79% in Germany, 76% in Britain and 74% in France feel that way. But outside the developed West it is a different picture. Almost seven in 10 Egyptians say the end of the Soviet Union was a bad thing and views are sharply divided in India, Kenya and Indonesia. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/in_depth/8347409.stm> bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/in_depth/8347409.stm Published: 2009/11/09 00:00:07 GMT C BBC MMIX __._,_.___ Reply <mailto:[email protected]?subject=free market capitalism flawed, says survey (BBC World News)> to sender | Reply <mailto:[email protected]?subject=free market capitalism flawed, says survey (BBC World News)> to group Messages <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/message/19003;_ylc=X3oDMTM3O Gg3cXVwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRtc2dJZ AMxOTAwMwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNTgxNzE4NDMEdHBjSWQDMTkwMDM-> in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbWFscDlnBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2h wBHN0aW1lAzEyNTgxNzE4NDM-> Your Group Start <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TriumphOfContent/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbW0zbjI2BF 9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3OTM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNTgxNzE4NDM-> a New Topic MARKETPLACE Parenting <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14k40lmd6/M=493064.12016295.13793596.10835568/D =groups/S=1705063985:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1258179044/L=/B=PUwNMUSO5_s-/J=1258171 844164477/K=Y5gsLUL1JVRFs4Px.zjaWg/A=5898843/R=0/SIG=11kkq36go/*http://advis ion.webevents.yahoo.com/parentingzone/> Zone: Find useful resources for a happy, healthy family and home <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYXVycXFyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE3O TM4NjM5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2Mzk4NQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI1ODE3MTg0M w--> Yahoo! Groups Switch to: Text-Only <mailto:[email protected]?subject=change Delivery Format: Traditional> , Daily <mailto:[email protected]?subject=email Delivery: Digest> Digest . Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> . Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=17938639/grpspId=1705063985/msgI d=19003/stime=1258171843/nc1=3848642/nc2=5741395/nc3=5191954> __,_._,___ !DSPAM:2676,4afe2dc725628564810774!
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