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Easier Said Than Done

Aug 4th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Policy Matters

It would be fairly easy for me to make the case that there is no real reason why the interests of the insurance industry should be taken into account.

But then, I have never believed it is incumbent on the U.S. government, when it sets about to address a problem we collectively have, to protect the profits of any sector in the economy. Businesses are supposed to be able to take care of themselves.

At least, that’s the way it is with microbusinesses.

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We’ll See You When You Get Here

May 4th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Policy Matters

All of which brings up a fairly obvious notion: every business owner, at a certain point in the life of his or her business, must decide whether to pursue growth or sustainability.

Growth is the way of the 20th Century Rapacious Consumption Economy. In some circles, rumor has it that we are supposed to be trying to leave that stuff behind us, for the sake of our planet and for the sake of our household levels of indebtedness.

Sustainable is the way of the 21st Century Recently Conscientious Economy, the one that says it is possible for us to meet our material needs without rendering our planet uninhabitable and desirable for us each to have ‘enough’ and no more.

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