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Economics is first and foremost about the thoughts leading up to choice.
Economics is first and foremost about the thoughts leading up to choice.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment read more
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more read more
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.
If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the read more
If patriotism is, as Dr. Johnson used to remark, the last refuge of the scoundrel, wrapping outdated industry in the mantle of national interest is the last refuge of the economically dispossessed. In economic terms, pleading national interest is the declining cottage industry of those who have been bypassed by the global economy.
