“People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.” PeopleWantDeserve Author:Bill Bonner
“People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don't know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won't sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats - the rich...the banks...the Chinese.” PeopleKnowsLooksStillsRealRichComplicatedChineseUpsetExplanationScapegoat Author:Bill Bonner
“The promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the currency in which Americans keep score has so addled the figures, we scarcely know if we are winning or losing. The dollar we knew as a child - in the 1950's - is only worth a tenth as much today.” PeopleIfsKnowsChildrenTodayWinningFiguresPromiseLosingCapitalismIndependentDollarsScoreFedsCurrencyIntroductionWin Or LoseAmerican Capitalism Author:Bill Bonner
“Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.” PeopleIfsWantWellsConservativeWhat You WantAgreement Author:Bill Bonner
“Norman Rockwell spent his career painting pictures that helped people understand their own feelings...pictures that enriched their own experiences and celebrated their own lives. But the art establishment branded him an 'illustrator', a sentimental one at that. Real artists, they said were doing art for art's sake, not for the sake of the bourgeois public. Real artists were putting swiggles, smears or daubs of paint on the canvas. They were doing 'innovative' and 'creative' work. If they were hideous and grotesque; we know that's what life really is!” PeopleIfsKnowsArtSaidRealFeelingsArtistCareersCreativePaintingPaintSakeEstablishmentCanvasThey SaidSentimentalInnovativeBourgeoisHideousGrotesqueCreative WorkBrandedIllustratorsReal ArtistsPainting A Picture Author:Bill Bonner
“Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people. Commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down until they are practically lies... and often dangerous ones. Once vast numbers of people have come to believe the lie, they adjust their own behavior to bring themselves into sync with it, and thereby change the world itself. The world, then, no longer resembles the one that gave rise to the original insight. Soon, a person's situation is so at odds with the world as it really is that a crisis develops, and he or she must seek a new metaphor for explanation and guidance.” PeopleWorldBelievePersonsIdeasLyingSimpleNumbersSituationGroupsDangerousBehaviorOriginalsCrisisMetaphorInsightGuidanceExplanationChanging The WorldOddsSyncLarge GroupsSimple Ideas Author:Bill Bonner
