Welcome to the capitalism of scalping.
"We want a capitalism of entrepreneurs," Mr. Sarkozy said.
Not for America the "crony capitalism" of Asia or the egalitarianism of Europe.
Another has been the sense that a skewed capitalism of diminished social mobility is not working.
The laws of capitalism, of course, dictate that success spawns competition.
But this is capitalism of the "Heads I win, tails you lose" variety.
The crony capitalism of today's oligarchs is far subtler than Venice's.
Both main parties were shaped by the break with the welfare state capitalism of the 1970s.
It would protect workers against the free market capitalism of Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
The contrast with the ruthless, rapacious capitalism of the earlier era couldn't be starker.
This week, Mr Sarkozy once again declared: "We want a capitalism of entrepreneurs, not a capitalism of speculators".Mr Sarkozy may simply be pandering to popular distaste but this does seem to reflect a limited sympathy for economic liberalism.
