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Capitalism 2.0: Rationality

Posted on Thursday, Apr 2nd

Here are two more passages from Ayn Rand: “Rationality is man’s basic virtue, the source of all his other virtues. Man’s basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness, but the refusal to see, not ignorance, but the refusal

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Venture Capital for MicroFinance: Chris Brookfield (Part 3)

Posted on Saturday, Jun 23rd

The makeup of a private equity fund can be telling. Chris highlights the composition of the Unitus fund. SM: What is the source of the Unitus equity fund? SB: We have four equally significant investors. A quarter of our capital is provided by Omidyar Networks and Pierre Omidyar. A quarter is provided by an excellent

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Nobel Peace Prize to Dr. Yunus

Posted on Friday, Oct 13th

Dr. Yunus has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He could just as well have won the Economics prize. Here’s a video that you must watch. NY Times article on Yunus.