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Knowledge of how capitalism works and then courage to find your place in the system. Q: Why is it important to understand Novak's message? He's a liberal arts guy -- we're in business! Think about itCould teaching the lessons of America's economic success to your employees help them appreciate business more fully? Would it help them see beyond their own paychecks? Does understanding Novak more fully make you feel good about going to work everyday? American Enterprise InstituteMichael Novak, Author
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Business Classification: Year Founded: 1947 MICHAEL: Americans tend too much to study the philosophy of socialism and other European ideologies. And they don't study enough the really distinctive philosophy and theology of this most original of all the world's experiments. |
Learn the basics of the American Revolution.Novak explains that Americans tend to be doers rather than deep thinkers and prolific writers. With a preference for action, American business owners are misunderstood since they rarely stop to explain themselves or spend time with elites who write business books. Home Episode Overview - Capitalism: Path to ProsperityWashington, DC: What are the essential foundations of life, liberty, freedom, and human rights? The USA as a working experiment is a good model to study. Here we can study the earliest documents and concepts and see how these also became the foundations for American capitalism. Within this structure, we can see how just about any family can get on a path to economic independence. Meet Michael Novak, a man whose life study is of the foundations of government systems that work. And here he discovered small business has the heart and spirit that sustains and nurtures democratic capitalism. Michael Novak strikes deep into the heart of public debate about what works and what doesn't work within economic systems, and he says that small business owners are demonstrators. They're on the front lines, risking and fighting the good fight every day. Small business owners take lofty principles and reduce them to nitty-gritty practice. Go to all the Key Ideas & Video... |