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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.
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 not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.
It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.
If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.
If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.
Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.
Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to read more
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.
As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.
As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
