100 Entrepreneurs Who Changed The World

As a result of the defeat in World War I, Germany had to pay reparations in gold or foreign currency, in annual installments of 2 billion goldmarks plus 26 percent of the value of Germany’s exports.

In an era when girls outperform boys at school and outnumber male students at universities, and when women experience no more practical hindrances than men in achieving anything they want in life, it has become harder to paint women as victims. Feminists have been forced to shift their attention to the hazy cultural sphere in…

Photo by CIMMYT 10. The free market limits power In a competitive market, no actor has the power to set prices, and thus no actor has power over any other. The system runs itself, no one fights, and no one tells anyone else what to do. Unlike the communist utopia where an all-powerful, all-knowing, and…

Photo by 401(K) 2013 10. Socialism provides security The temptation of socialism is constantly luring us with the offer: “give up a little of your freedom and I will give you a little more security.” As the experience of this century has demonstrated, the bargain is tempting but never pays off. We end up losing…

1. Iron Man Tony Stark is an unrepentant playboy billionaire who inherits his father’s company, Stark Industries, which makes weapons for the US military. Tony soon learns the lessons of military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned Americans about in his farewell speech. Tony finds out his weapons are getting into the hands of American enemies when…