It seems too resistant to change to be able to thrive as a capitalist nation, but why is that?
I've also noticed that the Liberals in the US tend to do things that will benefit Capitalism but preach about how terrible it is and how great socialism and communism is. But then the conservatives are praising capitalism, but stick to their old ways and limits people's opportunities to thrive in the United States directly contradicting the purpose of capitalism. That's also really confusing to me.
I'm not saying the US is not a capitalist country. I'm saying that it's not as successful of a capitalist country as it could be. Economically and socially. random_man - to answer your question. The criteria that I state the US is not reaching the top 10 in terms of capitalism is under the private property rights that are so vital to capitalism. It's also due to the market laws of the country compared to others and also attitude towards maximising benefits of capitalism. That's the criteria.