Property News · August 1, 2013

Making capitalism out of lemons


Today’s discerning parents insist lemonade stands teach children lessons about capitalism – can’t we all just have fun?Let’s take a moment to praise the humble lemonade stand.Defending the nation’s young merchants of lemonade is something of an annual tradition for me. Last year, I did a spoken commentary for American Public Media’s Marketplace Money, protesting the number of lemonade consumers who were less than happy that my 12-year-old son Jake appeared to view his concession stand as a way of supplementing his parental allowance. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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