Bad, Bad Capitalist!

And just when you thought that the biggest textbook controversy on the block was in Japan's interpretation of it's wartime past, research brings to light interesting portrayals of capitalism in French and German texts.

Even more fuel for the fire comes in the form of pinpointing massive economic wrong doings on individual ‘baddies’ like Jerome Kerviel at Société Générale. Being a nationalized bank, the losses Société Générale of course have important social consequences. Fortunately for the textbook makers, those can blamed on the terror that greedy individuals can bring upon organs of the State with their greedy, greed-doing (instead of a more scrutinizing state-run regulatory system with their preventative measures in order).