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...enough to deserve their privileged place in the modern meritocracy, combat fears of inadequacy through righteous striving. In the library’s confines, undergrads complain about work even when they have none, as if terrified by the prospect of idleness. For, as Max C. E. Weber wrote, in capitalist society, the waste of time is “the first and in principle the deadliest of sins...
Knep points to the prevalence of capitalist culture in the American education system, among other societal institutions, as a limitation that is ideal for progress and innovation but not so much for the personal task of exploring the art in each...
...Green Seat at the Table" [March 15]: President Obama promised to curb the influence of wealthy special interests in Washington. Your account of venture capitalist John Doerr's clout is the best illustration I've seen that nothing has changed except the name on the door...
Even with this cautionary measure in place, the nature of markets and a capitalist economy is such that the failure of major institutions is inevitable. The challenge for regulators in our hyper-connected economy is to ensure that such a failure can occur in a systematic and controlled manner. Resolution authority, the ability for the executive branch to unwind failing institutions in a speedy and contained manner, funded by a bank tax that would facilitate this process, is included in both the House and Senate bills, and is a good step in this direction. Such a resolution authority must...
...nerve. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” dabbles with the horrors of mental instability, broken families, rape, religious fanaticism, and racism. And while the tale is fictional, it attempts to shed light on societal issues in Sweden that are often overlooked: violence against women, capitalist corruption, and anti-Semitism...