In this book, Dinesh D'Souza analyzes the spiritual and social crisis spawned by the
new economy and new technologies. He
proposes a way to harness the power of technology and affluence to promote both individual fulfillment and the common good. D'Souza is the John M. Olin Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader (1997). A summary of The Virtue of Prosperity follows.
Prosperity can be upsetting. Just ask John Little, chief executive of Portal Software. As "the billionaire next door," he was cover boy for The Forbes 400 last
year. But a guy next to him on a flight, seeing the headline but not connecting the photo to his neighbor, erupted, "I'm so sick of these rich Internet brats! I've got years of experience. I work ten hours a day, and these twenty-five-year-olds make millions overnight while I'm struggling to feed my family."