“[The consumer is] the supreme mover of economic order... for whom all goods are made and towards whom all economic activity is directed.” MadeOrderEconomicActivitySupremeConsumersGoodsEconomic Order Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“... the fouling of the nest which has been typical of man's activity in the past on a local scale now seems to be extending to the whole world society.” MenWorldHas BeensWholeSeemsPastActivityEnvironmentalScalesWhole WorldLocalsPollutionTypicalNestsExtending Book:Environmental Quality in a Growing Economy Source: Environmental Quality in a Growing Economy
“I shall argue that it is the capital stock from which we derive satisfaction, not from the additions to it (production) or the subtractions from it (consumption): that consumption, far from being a desideratum, is a deplorable property of the capital stock which necessitates the equally deplorable activity of production: and that the objective of economic policy should not be to maximize consumption or production, but rather to minimize it, i.e. to enable us to maintain our capital stock with as little consumption or production as possible.” ShouldLittlesEconomicPolicyActivityPropertySatisfactionProductionsArguingObjectivesConsumptionEconomic PolicySubtraction Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into two equal parts is well within living memory. The world of today is as different from the world I was born in as that world was from Julius Caesar s. I was born in the middle of human history, to date, roughly. Almost as much has happened since I was born as happened before.” WorldHumansWellsTwoDifferentTodayBornMemoriesHappenedMiddleMankindActivityEqualConcernedSeriesRelatedDividesHuman HistoryJulius Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“There is a quiet, open place in the depths of the mind, to which we can go many times in the day and lift up our soul in praise, thankfulness and conscious unity. With practise this God-ward turn of the mind becomes an almost constant direction, underlying all our other activities.” MindSoulTurnsActivityQuietConsciousPraiseConstantUnityDepthLiftsThankfulnessPractiseQuaker Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
