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"Anything Goes" Capitalism Destroys Companies and Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Simmons Mattress, Private Equity Firm, Private Equity, Scott A. Schoen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Usw, United Steelworkers, Anything Goes, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Standard & Poor’s, Fdr, Cole Porter, Max Gordon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Simmons, Noble Rogers, New York Times, 1929 Crash, Stock Market, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Rober Hellyer, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.

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'How to Be Happy' and Stop Being Fearful

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Einstein, Japanese, Art Buchwald, Beethoven’s Fifth, Woody Allen, Steven Hawking, Accidents, Jewish, Dave Brubeck and Bobby Darrin, Cole Porter, Mack the Knife”, “Take Five’, Schwinn, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da’ Vinci, “Warrior Samurai”, Mark Twain, Mazeltov, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Children are naturally prone to curiosity -- but all too often this is replaced by nurture that cautions against everything that is unknown, leading ultimately to a life ultimately not much worth knowing about at all.

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Let's Bring Back...

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Anthony Michael Hall, Telegrams, Subversive Pamphlets, Hot Toddies, Nostalgia Style, Butlers, Poetry, Style, The Canterbury Tales, Fashion Models, Diana Vreeland, Skinny Models, Dorothy Parker Poetry, Unzipped, Bette Davis, Curvy Models, Katherine Hepburn, Isaac Mizrahi, Cole Porter, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Greta Garbo, Fashion, Let's Bring Back, Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

It's been a while, but Let's Bring Back is back. The fourth of my LBB series, what follows is a celebration of rituals and objects from times past. ...

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