So America’s love affair with free-market capitalism is turning sour, according to the latest round of GlobeScan polling across 25 countries, released on 6 April. For years, the US led the world in its enthusiasm for free-market economics – but the fallout from the banking crisis of 2008/9 and the ensuing recession seems to be leading many Americans fundamentally to call into question whether capitalism is still the best economic system available. Astonishingly, the American public is now less enamored of the free market than the public in Brazil and China