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New democracies pose a particular challenge for journalists. They are vulnerable and sometimes shaky. One wants them to work and, therefore, one is seeking to define not just what constitutes high-quality and interesting journalism but also how one can best contribute to helping democracy take root. In South Africa, journalists by and large emerged from many years of fighting against state, corporate, and political pressures under apartheid in the 1990s with a fierce commitment to independence. This sentiment was often strongest, predictably, in those institutions that had suffered the most political interference, such as the state broadcaster and the Afrikaans press, both of which had served largely as mouthpieces for the apartheid government.

How is the world doing? A report card on the past year's major trends.

RESUMO Este artigo discute os papéis do empreendedor na teoria econômica. As deficiências da teoria mainstream são apontadas e as contribuições precursoras de Cantillon e Bentham são analisadas, bem como as diferentes abordagens de Marx, Veblen e Sombart. A mudança do papel do empreendedor após a emergência das corporações modernas é discutida, seguindo os trabalhos de Schumpeter, Penrose e Chandler.