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Why We Need to Stand Up for Free Enterprise

Wayne rivers
By Wayne Rivers
6 minutes

Happy New Year!

While free enterprise is far from perfect, the worldwide spread of market capitalism has had overwhelming implications for creating opportunity in parts of the world that had suffered the ravages of poverty and deprivation for thousands of years. We, as business leaders, need to stand up for market capitalism as a force for good!

Please tune in this week as Wayne provides three STAGGERING statistics from the Chief Executive Network about the amazing benefits that free enterprise has created for millions – even billions – around the world!

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