Amid all the gloom of last month's Paris motor show, only one car exec- utive seemed truly happy. Wendelin Wiedeking, head of German sportscar maker Porsche, beamed as the Financial Times asked him about capitalism's woes in the current financial crisis.

"Thank you," the long-time critic of concepts such as shareholder value said, reaching over to shake his questioner's hand. "We all have to get used to the fact that quick money is not a healthy business. Values played no role in what happened."