After close to 30 years of light-touch regulation, globalisation and free-markets, many commentators have suggested that capitalism itself is entering a new phase. In a new report, Risk and regulation: A new era for capitalism, the Economist Intelligence Unit finds that almost 60% of 418 global senior executives surveyed agree that the current crisis has "fundamentally changed" capitalism. According to one respondent, "Much as the Great Depression did in the 1930s, this crisis will permanently change the way governments and businesses view the world."
http://graphics.eiu.com/pdf/Risk_and_regulation.pdf