One set of approaches concludes that capitalism, by necessity, requires a state, and therefore capitalism cannot exist without a state.

Democratic capitalism requires economic growth, the "belief of all individuals that they can better their condition."

Environmentalists have argued that capitalism requires continual economic growth, and that it will inevitably deplete the finite natural resources of the Earth.

Stsyborsky felt that democracy and capitalism required equal rights and freedoms while, at the same time, nature was inherently not equal.

Thus where capitalism once required hard work and sacrifice, it now requires leisure and self-indulgence.

For better or worse, modern capitalism requires shareholders to give executives enormous discretion.

Do you think capitalism requires faith?

That, because of its innate productive capacity for generating profits, capitalism did not functionally require a large-scale, large-term, and costly socio-economic enterprise such as imperialism.

As Communist propaganda was designed to have a clear, consistent message to its followers, capitalism, liberty, and democracy required a more "dynamic" response.

One of the contradictions of the liberal state is that capitalism has required rational administration and greater state intervention.