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Have no fear, social entrepreneurs are here
I normally shake my head when I read David Brooks. Sometimes I even take a dig at him. But I have to admit that I found myself agreeing with his column yesterday, “The Lean Years,” in which he gives it up for social entrepreneurs, especially during these tough economic times. ”It’s pretty easy,” he writes, “to take these economic facts,” unemployment, the financial crisis, public debt, “and draw stark cultural consequences.”
He goes on, “There’s no sign that government will nimbly repair these social gaps. It will probably be up to social entrepreneurs to take a midcrisis look at their priorities. Somehow there must be a way to use the country’s idle talent to address freshly exposed needs.”
I don’t think social entrepreneurs are idle talent, but glad he sees the importance of their work.