Steven Pearlstein is an award-winning business and economics columnist for the Washington Post, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for columns explaining the global financial crisis. His latest work is Can American Capitalism Survive?

“That’s the fallacy of capitalism, that there could be a perfectly objective system if the government would just get out of the way. There is no perfectly objective measure of economic contribution, except in one system, which is called ‘the jungle.’” Steven Pearlstein, author of Can American Capitalism Survive?

“Delaware law has been the law that has been used to justify the idea that ‘maximizing shareholder value’ is the only purpose of a corporation. In fact, that’s a fallacy. Delaware law does not require that. But you would be surprised at the percentage of directors and executives and even corporate lawyers who believe that to be the case.” Steven Pearlstein, author of “Can American Capitalism Survive?”