WSJ today launched a series on the history of American capitalism.

There were two features I liked:

- the quick read was a timeline 1776-present, with a series of highlighted years with paragraphs explaining the national economic effect of, say, Carnegie steel or a national currency, or reconstruction. It gets a little strident once it gets to around 2000 or so, but the first 80% was pretty good. Free link: https://www.wsj.com/economy/american-economy-capit...

- the second is by Roger Lowenstein, titled "How—and Why—U.S. Capitalism Is Unlike Any Other", and is largely redundant with the link above. It has some good lines, though, e.g. "The social malleability of America unnerved the graying founders, who had envisioned a classical republic rather than a freewheeling bazaar. Endless waves of newcomers fostered chaos and checked the staying power of elites."

However, my cold and I can't find the stupid bloody stupid link for this one...sorry. It's on today's page R3.

--sutton
grumpier than usual, on day 3 of a URI that should be better by now

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