"The American economy -- our economy -- is built on confidence, the conviction that our free enterprise system will continue to be the most powerful and most promising in the world," President George W. Bush said in a news conference in early July on "Corporate Responsibility." There is little doubt that the recent rash of record-breaking bankruptcies, WorldCom, (Enron at $107 billion, Global Crossing at $63 billion, Financial Corporation of America at $33 billion, and Adelphia Communications at $24 billion) have rattled many people's confidence in the economy. However, the public's perception of what is going on in the economy...