All Posts Tagged With: "investor politics"
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For about ten years a number of writers sympathetic to the free market have rejoiced that more and more Americans have become shareholders in corporations through retirement accounts and direct investing. These commentators predicted that widespread stock ownership would effect a radical change in Americans’ attitudes about economic policy. No longer would they be sympathetic [...]
1Feb2003 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedInvestor Politics: The New Force That Will Transform American Business, Government and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
What better way to strengthen the roots of capitalism than to give its participants a stake in the system! But how? This is the question John Hood addresses in Investor Politics. In a world filled with envy, largely reflecting hatred of capitalism’s wealth-building capabilities, it is refreshing to read the author’s optimism about what’s leading [...]
1Sep2002 | David L. Littmann | 0 comments | Continued-
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