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“What is economics? A science invented by the upper class in order to acquire the fruits of the labor of the underclass”

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August Strindberg

Swedish playwright, novelist, and poet, known for his profound psychological portrayals and realistic style. Strindberg's works cover a wide range of themes, including family, society, and the moral dilemmas of individuals. more

“The role of globalization is to homogenize all cultures, and to turn them into commodified markets, and therefore, to make them easier for global corporations to control. Global corporations are even now trying to commodify all remaining aspects of national cultures, not to mention indigenous cultures.”

“I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on each other's heels, which form the existing type of social life, are the most desirable lot of human beings”

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Book:John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Critical Assessments

Source: John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Critical Assessments

“Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.”

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Book:Human action: a treatise on economics

Source: Human action: a treatise on economics

“The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment.”

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Author:Ralph Nader

“Anyway that's a large part of what economics is - people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And then pretending that they haven't just made the numbers up, which they have. Economics is like astrology in that sense, except that economics serves to justify the current power structure, and so it has a lot of fervent believers among the powerful”

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Book:Red Mars

Source: Red Mars

“You can say I'm a hater. But I would argue I'm a lover. I'm a lover of traditional families and of the right of children to have a mother and father... I would argue that the future of America hangs in the balance, because the future of the family hangs in the balance. Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”

“This is common sense. This is nature, and what we're trying to do is defy nature because a certain group of people want to be affirmed by society.”

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Author:Rick Santorum

“The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.”

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Author:James C. Collins

“As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.”

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Author:Earl Nightingale

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