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The first paragraph, third chapter (The Returns of Giving) of George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty:
"Capitalism begins with giving. Not from greed, avarice, or even self-love can one expect the rewards of commerce, but from a spirit closely akin to altruism, a regard for the needs of others, a benevolent, outgoing, and courageous temper of mind.
"Such a universal trait as self-interest--altogether as prevalent in any socialist backwater or deadening bureaucracy as in the realms of great enterprise--will reveal virtually nothing of the rare sources of riches in human society. Not taking and consuming, but giving, risking, and creating are the characteristic roles of the capitalist, the key producer of the wealth of nations, form the least developed to the most advanced."[1]


  1. ↑ Gilder, George. Wealth and Poverty, A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century. Washington, DC. Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2012
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