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David Wessel , the Journal’s economics editor, delivered the commencement speech at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business Saturday. He asked the new MBAs: “Will you go into business to repair the old machinery, hoping to return it to what it was five years ago, with the big paychecks and clever schemes that bring short-term returns and long-time risks? Or will you be the generation that builds something different, that puts the train on a new track, that prizes lasting value over ephemeral short-term gains, that pursues what really ought to be the mission of business and finance and enterprise: To do greatest good for the greatest number of people?” Here is the text of his remarks: Let’s face it. I am an unusual choice to speak at this event. A life long newspaper reporter — even one who works for a publication whose middle name is Wall Street — is an unusual choice. I don’t have an MBA from any business school, let alone this one. I have never written a check to Dartmouth. I am not, have never been and will never be a CEO. I supervise eight people, which hardly qualifies me to opine on management or share the secrets... Source

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