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THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

*Art Director: Peter Petronio * *Photographer: Joe Toto* *Copywriter: Dick Raboy * *Agency: Carl Ally Inc. * *Client: Investors Overseas Services * *THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR.* One of the persistent myths of the 20th century is that war stimulates economic growth. War doesn't stimulate economic growth. It stunts it. In countries that aren't fighting the war, as well as those that are. For in both cases, there is a tremendous spending of money, manpower and time to produce the materials of war. Materials which have no function other than to destroy. Or to be stored, useless, until they are needed to destroy. And the simple fact is, evey dollar wasted on destruction means there is one less dollar to be spent on the products people need and want. A dollar less spent on expansion and progress. And when expansion and progress isn't as great as it could be, then profits can't be as great as they should be. The way to make money is not through war. It's through peace. And by peace we don't mean just an interlude between wars. We mean a permanent peace. But can there be peace? We believe so. If enough people in enough countries in this world are given an opportunity to gain material well-being and a greater since of personal dignity. And this can done through business. Private enterprise. Successful businesses breed a healthy economy, in any nation. A healthy economy means more jobs and better pay for more people. With more buying power, people can afford the products that will give them a better standard of living. A better living standard will bring people a sense of accomplishment, and pride, and dignity. And with it, a desire for social order that could be far stronger than desire for violent disorder. To accomplish that, for business to be healthy and expanding, it needs a constant flow of fresh capital. At IOS, our job is to convince people all over the world to invest in business all over the world -- for a profit. And we don't mean just people who have million dollar portfolios with us. We are also vitally interested in the small investor -- including the man who has never invested before. If this vast source of potential investment capital can be put to work, IOS and our investors will, of course, make more money, but equally important, businesses and people and national economies all over the world will benefit from this much needed capital. And, very importantly, we are convinced that we and others in the financial community will be participating in a sound business endeavor which, almost as a by-product, could lead to perhaps the most effective deterrent to war -- financial security. Right now, IOS does business on six continents -- in mutual funds, banking, investment management, insurance and real estate. In the 12 years we've been in business, more than 500,000 people have have invested more than one billion dollars through us. Our goal is to do business in every country in the free world and on convincing more and more people to invest in businesses all over the world. -- *THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE MADE OUT OF PEACE THAN OUT OF WAR.* -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson *xNY.io - Bank.org* 917-580-8053 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001

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Donald Trump - Wikipedia
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump *Donald John Trump* (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States>. A member of the Republican Party <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_%28United_States%29>, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

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Fwd: Former Military Contractor Pleads Guilty for Deleting Text Messages in Antitrust Division Investigation
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

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Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner introduce the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, which is shared by more than 13,000 researchers, from 70 countries, representing four experiments at CERN. Watch the full ceremony streaming on Saturday, April 12th at 12pm PT (link in bio).
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18oBHx56ua/ Jeff Bezos and Yuri Milner introduce the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, which is shared by more than 13,000 researchers, from 70 countries, representing four experiments at CERN. Watch the full ceremony streaming on Saturday, April 12th at 12pm PT (link in bio).

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Why I Run.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Art Director/Designer: Robert W. Wilvers Photographer: Paul Seligman Copyeditor: Gene Case Agency: Jack Tinker & Partners, Inc. Client: Rockefeller for President *Why I Run. * America cries out for a leader. Events overwhelm us. Change outruns us. Headlines deliver us our daily jolt. "Things are in the saddle, and ride mankind" -- this warning we have let come true. I run for President because I do not believe this must happen to us. I believe we can recapture control of *things.* I believe we can end the drift, the doubt, the division. I intend to say how, here, in this newspaper. I intend to write that course I believe America must follow. My beliefs will not be tailored to please the voters of this region or that. What I believe in New York. I believe in Nebraska. And I will answer for it throughout the campaign. I do not take my case to Republicans alone. It is a nation and not just a party which needs leading, healing, uniting. I begin tomorrow, on a subject that has tormented us like none other in our recent history: Riot. *Nelson A. Rockefeller*

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The Last Vietnam.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Art Director/Designer: Robert W. Wilvers Photographer: Paul Seligman Copyeditor: Gene Case Agency: Jack Tinker & Partners, Inc. Client: Rockefeller for President *The Last Vietnam. * We talk of Vietnam as we once talked of Korea. "Let us drag ourselves from this quagmire, and we will live happily ever after..." I am afraid that the next President will not escape so easily. *I say learn from Vietnam or be dammed to repeat it. * Our Vietnam policy was meant for the 1940's, for Western Europe, for the defense of democracies. Yet we apply it in the 1960's, in Southeast Asia, in defense of people who do not know what democracy means. And in wrapping this policy around Vietnam, we blinded ourselves to the real Vietnam. We assumed the enemy meant to seize land. We were wrong. He meant to disrupt government. We sent troops in overwhelming number. We were wrong. We shattered a small country's sense of responsibility. We were preoccupied with the changing premieres and presidents in Siagon. We were wrong. It was in the village and countryside where government failed. Now, peace give us a time to right those errors. To stop turning this war into an *American* war. To move Saigon toward reform. To build a strong and trusted village government. To secure the people from terrorism. And in Paris, to work patiently and persistently for peace. At home we must have candor and trust. Americans must believe in government again, and government must believe in Americans. The day must pass where press officers say, "The people I work for don't want to hear bad news." I say, face the truth. Trust the people with the truth. I say, do not fight change. *Guide* change. I say we can make this Vietnam the last Vietnam. And this is one reason why I run for President. *NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER*

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HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED A CURE FOR CANCER.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Art Director: Tom Gilday Artist: Curilla & Associates Photographer: Jan Czyrba/Advance Art Copywriter: Jim Johnston Agency: Griswold-Eshleman Company Client: Addressograph-Multigraph HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED A CURE FOR CANCER. Dropouts become losers. They lose. And we lose. Today's dropouts might have been tomorrow's scientists. Or doctors. Or teachers. But what might have been will never be. For one out of three high school students don't stick around to graduate. The dropout is ten times as likely to become a juvenile delinquent. And the juvenile delinquent is perhaps a thousand times more likely to become a criminal. It doesn't have to happen. Good schools with good teachers and food facilities can produce good citizens. And that can make our world a better place in which to live. Which is why money spent on education represents the best investment we can make. *An investment in the future of America. *

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by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

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O'Leary Ventures Chairman Kevin O'Leary reacts Varney & Co. to the EU floating zero-for-zero tariffs to the U.S. on industrial goods.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19cZPmq4wU/ O'Leary Ventures Chairman Kevin O'Leary reacts Varney & Co. to the EU floating zero-for-zero tariffs to the U.S. on industrial goods.

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Outnumbered Fox News discusses European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offering the United States 'zero-for-zero' tariffs on industrial goods as the markets react to President Donald Trump's global trade policies.
by Gunnar Larson 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1KYuMZRQKV/ Outnumbered Fox News discusses European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offering the United States 'zero-for-zero' tariffs on industrial goods as the markets react to President Donald Trump's global trade policies.

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