"The finance sector's increasing concentration and growing political muscle have undermined the traditional American understanding of the difference between free markets and big business. This means not only that the interests of finance now dominate the economic understanding of policymakers, but also -- and perhaps more important -- that the public's perception of the economic system's legitimacy is at risk." Luigi Zingales (via: Arnold Kling)

Ou seja, os americanos tenderão a adoptar uma visão do mercado semelhante à dos europeus, ou seja, como também afirma Zingales, os Estados Unidos "risks moving in the direction of European corporatism and the crony capitalism of more statist regimes". Vale a pena ler o texto de Luigi Zingales: Capitalism After the Crisis