tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-11:327726 ed_rex ed_rex ed_rex 2011-01-25T01:49:48Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-11:327726:212967 The slow death of a neighbourhood business 2011-01-25T01:49:48Z 2011-01-25T01:49:48Z public 0 <p>One of the comforting myths about capitalism &mdash; one that has the benefit of, sometimes, even being true &mdash; is that investment is about creating wealth, not just amassing it. And so we tell each other inspiring stories about the Steve Jobs of the world far more often than we do the cautionary tales of the Bernard_Madoffs or Conrad Blacks.</p><b>(<a href="https://ed-rex.dreamwidth.org/212967.html">Read more ...</a>)</b><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ed_rex&ditemid=212967" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments