Freeland, I should point out, is no Marxist, and although conceding to him one or two minor points, she is still very much of the opinion that capitalism is "the best prosperity-creating system humanity has come up with so far", as she has said in the financial blog she writes for Reuters.

The bad thing about that is that she will not countenance any kind of socialism (let alone, as I occasionally do in my darker moments, fantasise about the gutters of Mayfair running red with the blood of the plutocrats). The good thing is that she knows how to speak to and about the situation without the red mist descending. It also means she is listened to by these people, and they talk to her unguardedly.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/08/plutocrats-rise-new-global-super-rich-review