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Title: Primary Capitalism By Mark Steyn
Post by: ReardenSteel on January 18, 2008, 03:16:29 PM
Primary Capitalism
Real change.

By Mark Steyn

Quote
This past week’s issue of The Economist has a heart-rending vignette from one of the most ruthlessly capitalist industries on the planet: “In 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments and told them to help themselves to a big pile of CDs sitting on a table. But none of the teens took any of the CDs, even though they were free.”

Continued at link-
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2U0ZDEzN2I4ZjRhZThiMjM2M2Q3YjVkYjZhZWMwYTc

Great stuff!
Title: Re: Primary Capitalism By Mark Steyn
Post by: bijou on January 18, 2008, 03:39:04 PM
It is a while since I read anything by Mark Steyn, I had forgotten how funny he can be. Thanks for posting that.
Title: Re: Primary Capitalism By Mark Steyn
Post by: ReardenSteel on January 18, 2008, 03:57:17 PM
It is a while since I read anything by Mark Steyn, I had forgotten how funny he can be. Thanks for posting that.

Sure sure. I've got SteynOnline in my favorites and there is new stuff almost every day. At least once a week something there just kills me. :lmao: (and the politics are usually right on)

Sadly he's doing "Monica Week" this week and, though hilarious, I forgot how sick of that stuff I was. Still, his greatest hits go back as far as 10 years and are a very interesting journey through the political time machine.

link, fwiw-
http://www.steynonline.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Title: Re: Primary Capitalism By Mark Steyn
Post by: bijou on January 19, 2008, 07:33:19 AM
Thanks for the link Rearden.  Recommended reading!
Title: Re: Primary Capitalism By Mark Steyn
Post by: NHSparky on January 19, 2008, 07:48:32 AM
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when an industry does not evolve.