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...nurture multinational corporations, to bring in the Third World and its resources and even to entice Communist countries to take part. The idea was simple: get a number of nations interlocked in retrieving raw materials, manufacturing goods and distributing products, and the people who do this work and prosper from it will form a powerful influence within each country fighting against any disruption of the system by political elements. It is more difficult for radicals to seize mines, bomb factories or interrupt shipping when they know their own people have an interest in keeping these activities going...
...sort of ritual offering to the gods--the gods, that is, of prosperity and business success. Cups of rice and wine, bowls of fruit, sweet incense are all left in the newly occupied office building to please the gods who dwell there; if they are pleased, the business in their office will prosper. Michael Yang, American-educated in journalism and in sales, waves incense and prays to the gods of money. He burns ritual money on the floor of the new office; the false gold bills fill the room with smoke until the fire is doused with wine...
...able to chart their own path. The broken remnants of the city's old bourgeoisie often gather at dusk along the Saigon River's Bach Dang Quay to watch the unloading of rusty freighters and talk business. They have endured, and they still hope some day to prosper once again...
...sacrifice their nice Principles in order to put Bread into their own Mouths and those of their Children; but I was ne'er so made as to be able to pretend Love of a loathsome Man for Hope of Gain, and it hath been my Experience that I have prosper'd nonetheless...
Casey's investment advice consists of some old bromides with a few new twists. In last year's bestselling How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years, Howard J. Ruff suggested that squirreling away,dehydrated food and storing gallons of water represented about the best investment people could make. Casey, a gold bug, advises selling everything at hand and putting up to half the proceeds into "a well-hidden hoard." He likes bullion the best, but he also favors some gold mine stocks and South African Krugerrands. He confidently predicts that gold will eventually hit at least...