Please do a simple search before making incredibly wrong claims. There was one very famous case in the decade you refer to. And when you look at the history of American companies in general, you'll find more.

> The metric is personal freedom and how much you can do without the government or someone else preventing you from doing so.

> This is an improvement. It was also what we had before. It worked everywhere in America. I don't know of any place where it didn't work and do note that many countries without freedom envy the American way.

As others have pointed out to you, by that metric, the US failed considerably. It's not what we had before in practice. People have pointed out places where it didn't work.

> do note that many countries without freedom envy the American way.

And many Americans envy other countries for traits they have that the US lacks. What's the relevance?