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What's so good about the free market is that when subject to reasonable government scrutiny to ensure fair play, it tends to harness people's selfishness for the common good, so that in pursuing their own greedy little ends they also tend to work toward satisfying the needs of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: I Was a Teenage Communist | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Whether the men in power were resisting the forces of democracy in China or trying to harness those forces in the Soviet Union and Poland, they could not escape potent reminders of the most ominous and fundamental of all of Marxism's contradictions: the one between people power and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism: Defiance | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

While the company, which is half owned by the Time Inc. Magazine Co., is confident the new plan will win approval from the 8,000 schools needed to make its $200 million investment pay off, Whittle still has not redressed his critics' biggest grievance. Says Peggy Charren, president of Action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teacher Or Trojan Horse? | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

Come summertime, there are two kinds of water people. There are the swimmers, surfers, scullers and sailors, who take to the sea under their own power or at the wind's mercy. And then there are those who harness horsepower, turn a key and roar across the waves. The naval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Trouble In Their Wake | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

The awesome potential of the alleged discovery explains why so many people are badgering Pons and Fleischmann for information, and why they are giving it out so cautiously. A practical technique for creating useful fusion energy at low temperatures could change the world forever by providing a source of virtually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fusion Illusion? | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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