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“I think we all ought to be careful about too much generalization on this issue, even as I confess to painting with a pretty broad brush myself!”

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John C. Bogle

John C. Bogle, born on May 8, 1929, is a distinguished investor. He is known as a pioneer in index investing and founded Vanguard Group, which has been instrumental in the development of low-cost index mutual funds. more

“While I haven't read economist Robin Hahnel's work, replacing capitalism would be at the very bottom of my list of priorities - to be considered only after everything else had been tried. Improving our capitalistic system however, is at the top of my list and is of course the major theme of "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism."”

Soul Battle Capitalism Bottom Priorities Economist

Author:John C. Bogle

“If I have a good dream and I wake up happy. When I have an idea, I feel happy. Sometimes achievement and relationships can make me happy. I have a son and to see him grow - he's 22 now - that makes me happy.”

Sometimes Dream Son Achievement Wake Up Make Me Happy Good Dream

Author:Michel Gondry

“I think it's fairly easy to provide a moral defense of capitalism. It has been - over the last 200 years - the underlying basis for enormous increases in productivity and human welfare and rising living standards, particularly in the United States, and in the industrialized nations but in fact, in most parts of the world.”

Thinking World Easy Moral Capitalism Productivity Welfare

Author:John C. Bogle

“I'd be the first to agree that capitalism bestows its blessings unevenly. But that wouldn't persuade me to think it was a good idea to do away with those blessings in their entirety. That said, there is lots of work to be done to make capitalism work better, and to broaden its blessings far more widely not only in America, but all over the globe.”

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Author:John C. Bogle

“Thomas Aquinas defined the human soul as the core of our being, and the power that brings our characteristics into unity so the soul of capitalism - in its own temporal world as contrasted to the spiritual world of human beings - is what defines the core of the system and the factors that unify to produce the wonderful world that we are blessed to live in.”

World Soul Spiritual Wonderful Capitalism Blessed Unity Human Soul

Author:John C. Bogle

“I always liked creativity, whether it was to draw or sew - any creative assignment I was getting from school, or just on my own. I love people and behaviors, and I'm interested and fascinated by why we do what we do. And I wanted to be a therapist, to be honest. Maybe wirking in film combines the two worlds, in a not super-linear way, but it definitely feeds both my two passions.”

People World School Film Passion Creativity Creative Honest Behavior Being Honest

Author:Moran Atias

“The fund scandals shined the spotlight on the fact that mutual fund managers were putting their interests ahead of the fund shareholders who trusted them, which had much more substantial consequences in the form of excessive fees and the promotion - as the market moved into the stratosphere - of technology funds and new economy funds which were soon to collapse.”

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Author:John C. Bogle

“We need to reorganize our entire system of retirement plan investing and to develop federal standards of fiduciary duty for pension trustees and fund managers. These require "top down" intervention. But we also need investors to look after their own economic interests, a bottom up approach to our problems that is well within our individual power to undertake.”

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Author:John C. Bogle

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