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Walter Isaacson's discussion of Michael Novak's book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism [May 10] revealed an essential truth. Neither patriotism, altruism nor caritas will inspire humans to produce. Only capitalism, as Novak says, tends to expand the wealth of all by providing incentives for productivity. And the greatest incentive that capitalism holds out is money...
Specifically, she says that her time at the IOP encouraged her to expand her interests beyond environmentalism, and more generally it helped her to decide to run for state office. "I made my decision at the institute of Politics that the next step up for me was the lieutenant governor's office," she says, adding that from those six months, I concluded that would be the best way to expand my commitment to the public sector...
...ambitious Lawrence sought to use the Airline Deregulation Act, which had just been passed, to expand Braniff aggressively. The airline moved quickly to inaugurate service to a host of new cities. In a single day, December 15, 1978, Braniff began flying 16 new routes and added dozens more after that in the U.S., Europe and Asia. It borrowed millions of dollars to buy 747 jumbo jets to fly the new runs. Passenger loads, however, were nowhere near what was needed to make the new service profitable. On some routes, Braniff was flying as few as eight people...
Next year Social Analysis 10, as the class in now called, will undergo a transition Wolcowitz will hand over the reins to a new professor, who will have the power to retain Radical Week as is, expand it, or remove it from the curriculum entirely. Wolcowitz says he hopes his initiative has gathered enough momentum that the unit will remain part of the course...
...exalting a unified vision of "the good," Novak responds that pluralism, which is the respect for each individual's own personal goals, allows mankind to realize a greater moral vision. Against those who argue that capitalism is based on selfish materialism, he responds that it tends to expand the wealth of all citizens by providing incentives for productivity. The marriage of pluralism and productivity best realizes the Christian ideal of caritas, or the compassionate love of fellow human beings...