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Article: A new capitalism.(ESSAY)(Viewpoint essay)
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- World Watch
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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I'm a businessman. I believe society should reward successful initiative with profit. At the same time, I know that profit-seeking activities have unhealthy side effects. They cause pollution, waste, inequality, anxiety, and confusion about the purpose of life.
I'm also a liberal, in the sense that I'm not averse to a role for government in society. Yet history has convinced me that representative government can't adequately protect the interests of ordinary citizens. Even less can it protect the interests of future generations, ecosystems, and nonhuman species--because most (though not all) of the time, government puts the interests of private corporations ...
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Article: Poitier, Kwasniewski, Roberts, McEwan receive the 28th Annual ...
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... ... honored tonight with the 28th Annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service. The ... prnh/20070428/CLSA012 ) The 2007 Common Wealth Award winners are: * Sidney Poitier ... shared prize of $200,000 at the Common Wealth Awards ceremony, hosted by PNC Bank ...
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