Real capitalism has ceased to exist in the world's most advanced economies. This is a very bold statement but true nonetheless. In 2008 national governments around the world decided that the largest financial institutions, including banks, were 'too big to fail' and bailed them out with public money. One of the most important concepts behind capitalism is that badly run and failing businesses are allowed to go bankrupt and be replaced with new, better run ones. This didn't happen in 2008. The desperate banks were instead saved by taxpayers money.