ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Naked Capitalism

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a dollar bill, right?

Now, if you go to the store and use that dollar bill to buy a piece of candy, you made a trade. You gave up your dollar bill and got a piece of candy in return.

Naked capitalism is kind of like that, but on a really big scale. Instead of just one dollar bill and one piece of candy, it's about lots of money and lots of things being traded every day.

In naked capitalism, people and companies buy and sell things without any rules or restrictions. That means they can charge whatever price they want and try to make as much money as possible.

While it might sound exciting, it can also be dangerous because people can become greedy and not care about things like fairness or helping others. That's why some people think that having more rules and regulations is a good thing to make sure everyone is playing fairly in the marketplace.

So, in short, naked capitalism is when people trade things without any restrictions or rules, and it can be good or bad depending on how people choose to act.