1. How is business more supportive of freedom than government, although government leaders are elected and business leaders are not? 2. Why are entrepreneurs more respected than CEOs? 3. Why do Americans prefer free enterprise rather than capitalism to call business system? 4. Study the biography of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, John D. Rockefeller, and Bill Gates. What similar qualities do you find in them?
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