Capitalism 3.0

Acknowledgments

The ideas expressed in this book have been forming for a lifetime. I’m therefore indebted to many more people than I can name.

Of those I shall name, my late parents are first. My mother, Regina, was a feisty English teacher; my father, Leo, a thoughtful economist. It’s no wonder I’ve pursued careers in journalism and business, and am now writing about economics. I owe my passion and grammar to one, my inquisitiveness and logic to the other.

My partner, Cornelia Durrant, made this book happen. Many of the keenest insights, when not Smokey’s, were hers.

My editor, Johanna Vondeling, understood this book from the beginning, and kept it on track. Thanks also to Steve Piersanti and the entire BK staff, and to John de Graaf ...