One obstacle is North Korea's lack of familiarity with capitalism and commercial law.

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Everyone thought that modeling the structure of western capitalism would cause commercial behavior in China to evolve.

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The move is sure to undermine Germany's brand of capitalism, dominated by commercial banks that not only lend to their main corporate customers, but also own them and sit on their boards.

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Commercial banks traditionally the linchpins of German capitalism, and still among the country's biggest industrial shareholders are changing their behaviour too.

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In an earlier phase of capitalism, Britain and the earlier European commercial powers (the Dutch Republic, Sweden) created central banks either to lend money to the government or to stabilise the convertibility of trading currencies into gold.

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Although the commercial bania caste was useful in kick-starting Indian capitalism, Mr Das points out that in a liberalised economy governed by rules rather than patronage, companies cannot afford to hire employees on the basis of caste.

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Let's examine how "true free-market capitalism" would address lending to the poor, and the potential of investors profiting off of a commercial endeavor with that mission.

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