正如卡尔·波兰尼所论证的，资本主义是一种反常现象，因为在这一体系中，社会关系由经济关系决定。这与以往的体系不同，在以往的体系中，经济互动是从社会关系中派生出来的20。资本主义还存在更大的概念性问题：

As Karl Polanyi argues, capitalism is an anomaly - for it is a system, where social relations are determined by economic relations. This is unlike in previous systems where economic interactions follow from social relations20. Capitalism suffers from bigger conceptual problems:

1. 混淆需求与满足需求的手段

1. Mixing needs and their means of satisfaction.

2. 需求仅限于物质层面。

2. Needs are only materialistic.

3. 商品和服务与社会结构无关。

3. Commodities and services are not related to the structure of the society.

这些假设使社会乃至整个世界在物质和思想层面都陷入了混乱。未来必将迎来一次纠正；而对一个无法纠正的体系进行纠正，就意味着用另一个体系来取代它。

These assumptions have left societies and the world in disarray both physically and intellectually. The future will certainly see a correction; correction of a non-correctable system entails replacing it with an alternative system.