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“Give a small number of people the power to enrich themselves beyond everyone's wildest dreams, a philosophical rationale to explain all the damage they're causing, and they will not stop until they've run the world economy off a cliff.”

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Philipp Meyer

Philipp Meyer is an American fiction writer born in 1974. His works are known for their profound social insight and unique narrative style, with notable titles including 'North Dakota' and 'The Son'. more

“That's our mirror. Every dip, every crash, every bubble that's burst, a testament to our brilliant stupidity. This one gave us the railroads. This one the Internet. This one the slave trade. And if we hope to do anything about saving the environment, or getting to other worlds, we'll need a bubble for that too. Everything I've ever done in my life worth anything has been done in a bubble: in a state of extreme hope and trust and stupidity.”

Ifs World Needs Has Beens States Done Environment Internet Mirrors Trade Slave Extremes Stupidity Brilliant Saving Bubbles Crash Testament Other Worlds Railroads Dip Slave Trade

Author:Lucy Prebble

“There's a strange thing goes on inside a bubble. It's hard to describe. People who are in it can't see outside of it, don't believe there is an outside.”

People Believe Hard Strange Goes On Don't Believe Bubbles Strange Things

Book:Enron

Source: Enron

“When depression economics prevails, the usual rules of economic policy no longer apply: virtue becomes vice, caution is risky and prudence is folly.”

Virtue Economic Policy Economics Vices Folly Usual Caution Prudence Economic Policy

Author:Paul Krugman

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