“An American economist of two generations ago, H. J. Davenport, who was the best friend Thorstein Veblen ever had (Veblen actually lived for a time in Davenport's coal cellar) once said: "There is no reason why theoretical economics should be a monopoly of the reactionaries." All my life I have tried to take this warning to heart, and I dare call it to your favorable attention.” ShouldHeartSaidTwoReasonAttentionGenerationsEconomicsDareReason WhyNo ReasonWarningCoalEconomistMonopolyTheoreticalReactionariesCellars Book:The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul Samuelson, Volume 3 Source: The Collected Scientific Papers of Paul Samuelson, Volume 3
“If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.” IfsReasonGuyWinningPayAttentionLosingClubsAbsurdPay AttentionReason Why Author:Joe Torre
“I can tell you many reasons why environmental stories don't get adequate attention in conventional media. Basically, environmental risks don't fit the norms of journalism. They're incremental. We hate incremental.” I CanReasonStoriesHateAttentionRiskMediaFitEnvironmentalJournalismReason WhyConventionalNormAdequate Author:Andrew Revkin