Notes

Unless otherwise noted, all quotes come from interviews conducted by the author.

Introduction

1. From Christina Tosi interview on TheDairyShow.com, see http://vimeo.com/5569478.

2. Laura Conaway, “Wary of Wall Street? Invest in a Dairy Farm,” NPR, March 12, 2009, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101794001.

Chapter 1

1. Matt Friedman, “President Obama meets small business owners at Edison Tastee Sub Shop,” nj.com, July 28, 2010. David M. Herszenhorn and Jacki Calmes, “Obama Trumpets Democrats’ Small-Business Bona Fides,” New York Times, July 28, 2010. www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/president_obama_greets_tastee.html.

2. Jake Sherman, “House Republicans unveil ‘Pledge to America,’” Politico.com, Sept. 23, 2010. www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42609.html; Dana Bash interview with John Boehner, CNN, Sept. 23, 2010, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/23/exclusive-john-boehner-talks-with-dana-bash/.

3. “The Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin,” The Franklin Institute. www.fi.edu/franklin/family/lastwill.html.

4. Bruce H. Yenawine, Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of Microfinance, Pickering and Chatto Publishers, June 2010, London.

5. American Independent Business Alliance; see amiba.net/multiplier_effect.html.

6. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy FAQ, Sept. 2010.

7. Kelly Edmiston, “The Role of Small Business and Large Business in Economic Development,” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Economic Review, Second Quarter 2007.

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