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06-21-2009, 01:23 AM
I'd strongly suggest that folks take a few minutes to read a couple of articles in the current issue of Newsweek magazine. I subscribe to it and was immediately drawn to pick it up from the mail pile to read the cover story: The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good.
The article was written by Fareed Zakaria, the talented writer and host of the excellent Sunday afternoon show on CNN called GPS. In this Newsweek article, Zakaria reviews the history of capitalism, how it has been the most successful economic force in the world for hundreds of years, how the current financial crisis is not significantly different from many others experienced in the world in history, and how and why he thinks that capitalism must survive and thrive again. Zakaria "tells it like it is", but puts things into a perspective that few writers have done that I've read. The article won't make you feel good about what has happened to our economy, but it may make you feel a bit better about what we all might hope for in the future. But there's a big IF, and Zakaria tells us what the "if" is at the end of the cover article. An excellent read.
In the same issue, there's an interesting article on how a small group of members of Congress have been influential in moving the Obama administration in a direction regarding the economy that even the "best and brightest" weren't headed at the outset. The article is entitled, The Insurgents: The Secret Battle To Save Capitalism It describes how a stange combination of Congressional bedfellows has banded together in an attempt to influence administration economic policy. An interesting look at the behind-the-scenes efforts by members of Congress that we often don't give them credit for.
I wish I could provide direct URL links to these articles, but Newsweek won't permit that. So, if you navigate to http://magazine-directory.com/Newsweek.htm , follow the steps below. I might add that you'd better navigate there quickly, as I think the URL will always lead you to the current issue of the magazine, which will have different articles, of course. At that point, both these articles may be available in the Newsweek online archives, but I can't assure that. Anyway, just do the following...
Navigate to http://magazine-directory.com/Newsweek.htm
Just a little way down the left-hand side of the page, you'll see the image of the cover with The Conservative Manifesto "clickable" title below. Click on it to take you to the cover article.
Once you navigate to the cover article, you will see the title of the second article I recommended, The Insurgents: The Secret Battle To Save Capitalism. Click on it to read that article.
The article was written by Fareed Zakaria, the talented writer and host of the excellent Sunday afternoon show on CNN called GPS. In this Newsweek article, Zakaria reviews the history of capitalism, how it has been the most successful economic force in the world for hundreds of years, how the current financial crisis is not significantly different from many others experienced in the world in history, and how and why he thinks that capitalism must survive and thrive again. Zakaria "tells it like it is", but puts things into a perspective that few writers have done that I've read. The article won't make you feel good about what has happened to our economy, but it may make you feel a bit better about what we all might hope for in the future. But there's a big IF, and Zakaria tells us what the "if" is at the end of the cover article. An excellent read.
In the same issue, there's an interesting article on how a small group of members of Congress have been influential in moving the Obama administration in a direction regarding the economy that even the "best and brightest" weren't headed at the outset. The article is entitled, The Insurgents: The Secret Battle To Save Capitalism It describes how a stange combination of Congressional bedfellows has banded together in an attempt to influence administration economic policy. An interesting look at the behind-the-scenes efforts by members of Congress that we often don't give them credit for.
I wish I could provide direct URL links to these articles, but Newsweek won't permit that. So, if you navigate to http://magazine-directory.com/Newsweek.htm , follow the steps below. I might add that you'd better navigate there quickly, as I think the URL will always lead you to the current issue of the magazine, which will have different articles, of course. At that point, both these articles may be available in the Newsweek online archives, but I can't assure that. Anyway, just do the following...
Navigate to http://magazine-directory.com/Newsweek.htm
Just a little way down the left-hand side of the page, you'll see the image of the cover with The Conservative Manifesto "clickable" title below. Click on it to take you to the cover article.
Once you navigate to the cover article, you will see the title of the second article I recommended, The Insurgents: The Secret Battle To Save Capitalism. Click on it to read that article.