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The Private-Benefit Corporation

Dec 12, ’07 1:15 AM

Only One Reason to Grant a Cor­por­ate Charter, by David Korten. The private-benefit cor­por­a­tion is an insti­tu­tion gran­ted a leg­ally pro­tec­ted right  —  some would claim oblig­a­tion  —  to pur­sue a nar­row private interest without regard to broader social and envir­on­mental con­sequences. If it were a real per­son, it would fit the clin­ical pro­file of a sociopath. The basic…

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The secret to raising smart children

Dec 1, ’07 7:30 PM

The Secret to Rais­ing Smart Kids Many people assume that super­ior intel­li­gence or abil­ity is a key to suc­cess. But more than three dec­ades of research shows that an over­em­phasis on intel­lect or talent—and the implic­a­tion that such traits are innate and fixed—leaves people vul­ner­able to fail­ure, fear­ful of chal­lenges and unmo­tiv­ated to learn. Teach­ing people to…

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