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While the suicides of entrepreneurs and workers continue to hit the headlines, there is no news about the excessive involuntary “death” of businesses. The signs of a “great depression” are everywhere: chronic sorrow, lack of enthusiasm, loss of desire, and hopelessness. People do not enjoy life; they wake up unprepared to face the day and meet people. They can only hope to do something worth remembering, something worth telling family members and friends.

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Bruni, L. (2015). Entrepreneur. In: A Lexicon of Social Well-Being. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137528889_12

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