The West's system of economic growth offered its largest financial rewards to innovators who improved the life-style not of the wealthy few, but of the less-wealthy many.
—Nathan Rosenberg
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I assume by west we mean most modern developed nations. It's good to see he respects the need for a fair and equitable distribution of wealth. For some reason the American system seems to have much room for improvement compared to all others. And the discrepancies seem to get worse with Republican administrations.
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“If all men were rich, all men would be poor”
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Posted by: muirgeo | 20 January 2007 at 09:13