Nothing Is So Retentive As A Nation's

The Evolution Of The Capitalist Style Of Life Could Be Easily - And Perhaps Most Tellingly - Described In Terms Of The Genesis Of The Modern Lounge Suit.

The Spirit Of A People, Its Cultural Level, Its Social Structure, The Deeds Its Policy May Prepare—all This And More Is Written In Its Fiscal History, Stripped Of All Phrases. He Who Knows How To Listen To Its Message Here Discerns The Thunder Of World History More Clearly Than Anywhere Else.

The Function Of Entrepreneurs Is To Reform Or Revolutionize The Pattern Of Production By Exploiting An Invention Or, More Generally, An Untried Technological Possibility For Producing A New Commodity Or Producing An Old One In A New Way, By Opening Up A New Source Of Supply Of Materials Or A New Outlet For Products, By Reorganizing An Industry And So On.

Capitalism Stands Its Trial Before Judges Who Have The Sentence Of Death In Their Pockets. They Are Going To Pass It, Whatever The Defense They May Hear; The Only Success Victorious Defense Can Possibly Produce Is A Change In The Indictment.

For The Duration Of Its Collective Life, Or The Time During Which Its Identity May Be Assumed, Each Class Resembles A Hotel Or An Omnibus, Always Full, But Always Of Different People.