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The Great Depression suppressed economic activity, but not the commercial spirit. In the middle of it, Dale Carnegie published “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” which promised imminent success and went on to sell more copies than any other book to that point but the Bible. The stagflation of the 1970s didn’t discredit capitalism. It gave rise to the supply-side movement and the apotheosis of the entrepreneur.
— David Brooks, exuding patriotic commercial optimism in his latest column. Thank god for the “apotheosis of the entrepreneur.” Hard work should be exalted.
