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From the Back Cover
A Capitalist Carol is a 21st Century adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. That classic tale was written in 1843, only a few decades after Adam Smith first described Capitalism in 1776. Since then, Capitalism has had several directional changes identified as Capitalism-17 through Capitalism-20 by economics professor Jonah Farley, advisor to President Ronald Reagan. Farley died in 2010, having lived to see the Great Recession.
Farley’s protégé student, near-billionaire, former Governor Edward Rouge is visited one night by Farley’s ghost. Later, three Ghosts reveal to Rouge his own conflicted family history and the difficult realities of American and world economic development.
Woven into the events is a summary of a solutions-based blueprint for Capitalism-21 that is explored in detail in the Nehemiah Papers (2018, Lulu Publishing).
Unlike the joyous ending of Dickens’ tale, the conclusion of A Capitalist Carol is perplexing and more thought-provoking. The current state of capitalism in America makes this story particularly compelling and impactful for each of us, our nation, and our world.
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Related Writing (Archived Here)
This story was written for Earth Day (2011) more than one year before the days of the 2012 Earth Summit in Brazil. It is basically an early, limited precursor of the book, A Capitalist Carol, which was written and published seven years later in 2018. While the 2011 version is no longer promoted, it is available here as an archival document of the I. M. Nehemiah authors.