Capitalism
Capitalisme
America, unsuccessful, failing
awesome, not perfect,
competition, gain, economy
competition, opulence, poverty, practical
consumerism, united states, fast food.
default
investment
risk
factories, made in china, sweatshops
free market, rich, hard work
free market; trade; corruption
freedom, involvement, good
freedom, success, wealth, fair
greed, power, poor, class
incentives, free-market, effective, private enterprise
individual, wealth, power
individualism, efficiency, wealth
misunderstood, buzzword, money
money, businesses, power
money, competition, industrialism
money, doctrine, ideological
Money, greed, competition
money, greed, pursuing power, power
money, individualism, greed
money, power, american
necessary, greed, selfishness
socialism, labor, social system
stocks, Wall Street, competition
success, money, recession, freedom
supply and demand, monopolies, greed
USA, Companies, Monopoly
A.Smith, partout
accumulation de richesse permettant la croissance économique
actions, propriétaire
argent, économie, entreprise
économie, propriétaires, droite
bourgeoisie, consommation
bourse, investissement, individuel, liberté
Destruction du Lien social
discrimination sociale, affaires, développement
entreprise, egoïsme, pouvoir
entreprises, système monétaire, Etats unis
Gagner plus
individualisme; productivité
investissement avec intérêt
Investissement, Argent, Libre, Système, Américain
krach boursier, actions, profits, trader
maximun de profit, terme économique, prolétaires et bourgeois.
méfiance, pas trop confiant, en retard
Monaie; le maximum de profit
occidental
ouverture des marchés.
Ouverture du marché. Gagner plus.
Production/Entreprise/Ouvrier/Boss
société de consommation
société, économie, entreprise
toujours plus de profit
Discussion
Many of the associations from American students are either negative or can be perceived as both negative and positive, depending on the context. The obviously negaive responses were greed, monopoly, poverty, consumerism, sweatshops, and selfish. The more ambiguous entries include competition, power, and money, all of which have both negative and positive connotations to them.
The responses from the French students were also mostly negative, with even fewer outright "positive" connotations.
I believe that the responses are negative because the current global recession highlights the failures of a deregulated market--the failures of capitalism. Even words like "money" and "power," which are seen as good things to have, are basked in negative connotations. The similarities in responses across continents is a reflection of the current economic status. Maybe the American responses would have been different during the Reagan era, however, when deregulation was all the rage.
Je suis d'accord avec toi Alexandra.
Si les mots associés au Capitalisme sont relativement négatifs, c'est surtout explicable par le cadre géo temporel : que nous venons d'essuyer une crise économique planètaire ; Cette crise souligne le fait que le Capitalisme est un système défaillant.
En reponsse à Alexandra. Il est vrai que les mots associé au capitalisme sont souvent négative mais cela s'explique sans doute avec la crise économique mondiale. En cela je suis d'accord avec toi.
Hello Maxime and Marina,
Do you think there are other reasons that capitalism is viewed negatively in France? Could the negative associations be due to the fact that captialism is individualistic? The responses to the word "individualism" were very negative, so I assume that individualism is not preceived as a good thing in France. In the United States, however, it is admirable for someone to help himself, or to succeed without the help of others. I think that this is why capitalism is regarded somewhat more positively in the US.