If You Think About It,

Americans Cannot Teach Democracy To The World Until They Restore Their Own.

The Brilliant Creative Core Of Capitalism ... Is The Story The Entrepreneurs And Capital Investors Tell Themselves About The Future. How They Intend To Alter It, What They Expect To Gain In Return, Where They Will Raise The Capital To Accomplish Their Vision. Many Of Their Stories Turn Out To Be Flawed Or Mistaken, Of Course, But The Capacity To Envision A Set Of Future Events And Then Act To Fulfill Them Is A Central Source Of Capitalism's Strength And Its Dominance Of Society.

The Scandalous Question That Hangs Over Modern Government And Excites Perpetual Outrage Is About Political Money And What It Buys. What Exactly Do These Contributors Get In Return For The Hundreds Of Thousands, Even Millions Of Dollars They Funnel To The Politicians?

Aside From Sending Someone To War Or To Prison, Government S Ability To Make People Involuntarily Give Over Their Money Is Its Strongest Exercise Of Authority Over Private Citizens And Their Institutions.

Children Born Today Have A Fifty-fifty Chance Of Living To 100.