Overview: Distinguishes “Western civilization,” based on industrialization, free-market capitalism, political democracy.Explores the relationship between civilization, business and climate.Engages current debatThis book argues that modern Western civilization is synonymous with business, and you cannot have one without the other—or, at least, not for very long. Without Western civilization, with its emphasis on inquiry, questioning, experimentation, reasoning, freedom of expression, a free press, equality of opportunity before the law—then the innovation and vitality that lies at the heart of
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