# What capitalism gets right -- and governments get wrong

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Katherine Mangu-Ward
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_mangu_ward_what_capitalism_gets_right_and_governments_get_wrong)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is capitalism a good thing? Journalist Katherine Mangu-Ward makes the case that "weirdos" left alone to innovate and explore far-out ideas in a free market system are our best hope for the future. She asks us to reconsider our qualms about capitalism, failure and corporate death, analyzing the recent history of General Motors and Facebook to illustrate why we're better off with a lot less government intervention.

## Lectures

1. [What capitalism gets right -- and governments get wrong](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/katherine_mangu_ward_what_capitalism_gets_right_and_governments_get_wrong/6dd5e7bb2082), 12 min (TED's player)