The document discusses the nature of capitalism in the USA in the 1920s. It describes capitalism as an economic system where private owners control trade and industry for profit, rather than the state. In the 1920s in America, capitalism centered on individual entrepreneurs who took risks to develop businesses without government interference. A "free market economy" developed where prices were set by supply and demand. While some individuals became very wealthy, workers were not given many rights or benefits at this time under the American capitalist system.