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“Nothing is so retentive as a nation's memory.”

Quote by Joseph A. Schumpeter

Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

A seminal work that explores the historical development and comparative analysis of capitalism, socialism, and democracy, offering insights into their economic and political implications. more

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Joseph A. Schumpeter

Joseph A. Schumpeter was a renowned economist known for his research on innovation and entrepreneurship. His theories have had a profound impact on modern economics. more

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Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

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“The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.”

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“It is quite possible that future generations will look upon arguments about the inferiority of the socialist plan as we look upon Adam Smith's argument about joint stock companies which, also, were simply false.”

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“The capitalist process shapes things and souls for socialism.”

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“To realize the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a barbarian.”

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“The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.”

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“Freedom of the press and also of speech, assembly, and worship can persist as social forms and legal guarantees, while at the same time their functional realities can be gradually slipping away.”

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“The people are led to find in the productive apparatus the effective agent of thought and action to which their personal thought and action can and must be surrendered. And in this transfer, the apparatus also assumes the role of a moral agent. Conscience is absolved by reification.”

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Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

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“Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such "transcending" analysis of the facts in the light of their arrested and denied possibilities, pertains to the very structure of social theory.”

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Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

“The way in which a society organizes the life of its members ... is one "project" of realization among others. But once the project has become operative in the basic institutions and relations, it tends to become exclusive and to determine the development of the society as a whole.”

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