“One of the glaring failures of capitalism is the continuing widespread existence of poverty - often extreme poverty. Even in the advanced economies, many millions of people endure terrible economic and social deprivation, despite the incredible wealth all around them.” PeopleSocialWealthExistencePovertyMillionsEconomyEconomicTerribleCapitalismEndureIncrediblesExtremesDespiteContinuingDeprivationExtreme Poverty Book:Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism Source: Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism
“It's the nature of government, to build enduring institutions, structures that stay long after their purpose is over. If you pay people to help the poor, you have people who won't be paid if there aren't any poor, so they'll be sure to find some.” PeopleIfsLongHelpingGovernmentPurposePoliticsPoorPayEconomyPaidInstitutionsStructureEndureLiberalismHelp The Poor Author:Jerry Pournelle
“No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.” LongWisdomPoliticsEconomyAbsolutesEndureLiberalismControlledAbsolute Power Author:Seneca the Younger
“The digital age is for me in many ways about temporal wounding. It's really messed up our ontological clocks. In the digital economy, everything is archived, catalogued, readily available, and yet nothing really endures. The links are digital encryptions that can and won't be located. That will have to be reassembled over time. It won't be exactly what it was. There will be some slightly altered version. So the book is both an immaterial and material artifact.” WayBookAgeEconomyMaterialsEndureAvailableVersionsClockDigitalLinksAlteredMessed UpDigital AgeArtifactsEncryption Author:Masha Tupitsyn
“In the digital economy, everything is archived, catalogued, readily available, and yet nothing really endures.” EconomyEndureAvailableDigital Author:Masha Tupitsyn
“If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ourselves, we will have the opportunity of replacing it with a low consumption economy that can endure.” IfsOpportunityForceEconomyLowsEndureConsumersPreservesConsumptionEcological Author:Alan Thein Durning