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Longing for the past is reinforced by the corporate message that all would be well if we would just go back to the values that characterized American capitalism in its heyday of 100 to 150 years ago, Ansara said.
Black Power leader Kwame Ture, formerly Stokely Carmichael, called upon Blacks to acquire political consciousness to organize the overthrow of capitalism--what he called "a backwards, stupid, vicious system doomed to fall."
"Capitalism doesn't allow free thinking," Ture said, adding, "Capitalism misleads people. It makes them think there are just ends." And since man has an inclination toward justice, he can easily fall prey to capitalism, he added.
The real significance of the investment is that it was Harvard's first foray into the world of independent "venture capitalism"--the process of buying into high-risk, high-reward business. The University became interested in these investments--which now make up 1 per cent of the total--about two...
George Bush once accused him of practicing "voodoo economics." John Anderson scoffed that he was working "with mirrors." Jimmy Carter derisively charged that his schemes would so deplete the Treasury that the Government could not afford to keep even "the night watchman at the Lincoln Memorial." Through it all, Ronald...