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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

The National Association of Manufacturers, for example, saw its membership fall from over 5,000 businesses to fewer than 1,500. Little Myths on the Prairie As Quart points out, the stories children read influence the values they enact as adults.

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The Social Contract: What’s Missing in the “Historic” Biden Legislation?

NonProfit Quarterly

Research/development, manufacturing, workforce. Taxation is mildly deflationary, since, by definition, taxes reduce the money available for consumer purchases. Universal pre-kindergarten: A commitment of $200 billion over 10 years would have funded pre-kindergarten classes for three- and four-year-old children across the country.