Schumpeter accustomed us a long time ago to the idea that capitalism would not collapse because of its failures but because of its successes. We have tried to indicate here how the successes (modes of counteracting downturns in the world economy and modes of maximizing the accumulation of capital) have, over time, created structural limits to the very accumulation of capital they were intended to ensure. This is concrete empirical evidence of the Schumpeterian assumption. No doubt, to continue the analogy of the damaged automobile, a wise chauffeur might drive quite slowly under these difficult conditions. But there is no wise chauffeur in the capitalist world economy. No individual or group has the power to make the necessary decisions alone. And the very fact that these decisions are being made by a large number of actors who operate separately and each in his/her own immediate interests virtually ensures that the car will not slow down. Probably, it will start to go faster and faster.