How Long to Read The Story of Free Enterprise

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of Free Enterprise?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read The Story of Free Enterprise by Joel R. Belknap

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Story of Free Enterprise was published in 1963. Written for a mass audience, it is short, clear and very readable. Despite being six decades old, it is a fine primer on the values and ideas inherent in the original political-economic system of the United States. It tells why those ideas and values are vital to our survival. Joel Belknap was a successful West Virginia businessman. He tackles political "morality" on all levels. He offers lively discussions of incentive versus compulsion, the Social Security system, the threat of communism and Marxism, monopolies, inflation and the welfare state. Quoting many of our Founding Fathers, he shows there must be a spiritual concept or moral basis in our government if we are to succeed in preserving our free enterprise system. Proceeding on the theory that capitalism and democracy are sound, Belknap goes on to pinpoint what he considers fundamentally wrong with the welfare state, socialism and communism. "The best-intentioned social reforms," he says, "no matter how humanitarian or idealistic, when executed with political power, tend to degenerate into instruments of oppressions by a ruling class." He explains the structure of corporate organizations and how these, along with monopolies, are controlled by consumers in a free economy but how their powers increase and oppress when the State becomes not only the consumer, but the producer too.

How long is The Story of Free Enterprise?

The Story of Free Enterprise by Joel R. Belknap is 148 pages long, and a total of 38,184 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of Free Enterprise Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read The Story of Free Enterprise aloud.

What Reading Level is The Story of Free Enterprise?

The Story of Free Enterprise is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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