Schadenfreude Capitalism

Schadenfreude comes in several flavors.

Others expressed the same disillusion with a gloating air of schadenfreude .

Other than schadenfreude , emerging markets have brought little to the table.

But, like most temptations, the urge to gloat at America s imperfections and struggles ought to be resisted.

Many foreign leaders quickly switched from schadenfreude to fear and to the security of US treasury bills.

But Bush had made a deliberate choice not to humiliate the Soviets or gloat I won t beat on my chest and dance on the wall, was his response a model of emotional intelligence in a leader.

A response to global challenges based simply on schadenfreude may promote a short term sense of well being, as people often like to think how lucky they are to have escaped a mess that originated elsewhere.

Cynicism and schadenfreude may also be playing a role. Raja Mohan, a prominent Indian strategist, notes that Europe has never ceased to lecture Asia on the virtues of regionalism, but now seems unable to cope with its own regional security challenges.

We might even have allowed these countries a certain measure of schadenfreude in the troubles of the United States and other rich countries, just as we might expect kids to take perverse delight from their parents getting into the kinds of trouble they so adamantly warn their children against.

BERKELEY It is fitting that the upcoming G 20 summit is being held in Pittsburg, an old industrial center of an advanced industrial country, for the advanced countries have been allowed to set the agenda for strengthening financial systems. Other than schadenfreude , emerging markets have brought little to the table.