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Money is a central reality of family relationships. It is also a central reality in our relationships with people, institutions, and causes beyond family life. Therefore we need also to think about this side of our financial life.
A Spirituality of Fundraising
Henri J.M. Nouwen
The tendency of a group of experts to reinforce one another's convictionthat they are doing everything right, the tendency to let pressure to conform suppress self-criticism within the group-this is what Irving Janis identified as the great danger of "groupthink" in teams of political decision makers such as Kennedy's advisers before the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion.'
The Logic of Failure
Dietrich Dorner
Usually the effect of new process innovations is to bring to poor consumers goods that previously could only be consumed by the rich. Schumpeter’s most famous expression of this is his observation that Queen Elizabeth I always could afford silk stockings, but process innovations brought silk stockings within the reach of women working in factories.
Openness to Creative Destruction
Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.
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