Killer Capitalism

France isn't the only country where business is being blamed for suicide. In Japan, reports Bloomberg News columnist William Pesek, the financial services minister, Shizuka Kamei, is "blaming capitalism and Japan's biggest business lobby for increasing murder and suicide rates." The details: "He said at a business forum in Tokyo that companies have stopped treating people like human beings, leading to more murders and suicides. The Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, 'should feel responsible for this,' Kamei said."