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...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those read more
...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.
Avarice is the vice of declining years.
Avarice is the vice of declining years.
We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the read more
We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the second used machines to extend the human nervous system (radio, television, telephones); the third is now utilizing machines which extend the human mind-computers. About half of all service workers (43 percent of the labor force by 2000) will be involved in collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, structuring, storing, or retrieving information... By 1995, 80 percent of all management will be "knowledge workers.".
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell read more
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
It's the economy, stupid.
It's the economy, stupid.
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to read more
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.
The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution read more
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
