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“In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be determined by outside factors-a new car, fashionable clothes, a prestigious career, social status-the more we relinquish control over our own happiness.”

“Central bankers always try to avoid their last big mistake. So every time there's the threat of a contraction in the economy, they'll over stimulate the economy, by printing too much money. The result will be a rising roller coaster of inflation, with each high and low being higher than the preceding one.”

“The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor."”

Has Beens Wisdom Politics Poor Economy Rich Rising Liberalism Reformation Epigrams Biting

Book:The Crisis Of Civilization

Source: The Crisis Of Civilization

“The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.”

Wisdom Politics Term Economy Illusion Labor Myth Productivity Rising Liberalism Input Measuring Output

Author:Louis O. Kelso

“What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.”

Men Economy Rich Industry Greed Rising Avarice Rich Man Parsimony

Book:Ladies' Magazine and Literary Gazette

Source: Ladies' Magazine and Literary Gazette

“We have reached a point where the value we do add to our economy is now being outweighed by the value we are removing, not only from future generations in terms of diminished resources, but from ourselves in terms of unlivable cities, deadening jobs, deteriorating health, and rising crime. In biological terms, we have become a parasite and are devouring our host.”

Jobs Values Term Cities Economy Generations Crime Resources Add Environmental Rising Host Sustainability Future Generation Parasites Devouring Deteriorating

Author:Paul Hawken

“I think that there is a strong argument that our [USA's] leadership, our strength, our influence begins with having an economy that is producing good jobs with rising incomes, and I see the connection there.”

Thinking Jobs Strong Economy Influence Argument Connections Income Usa Rising Good Job

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Rising inequality can create a more highly leveraged economy, and it can then make the economy vulnerable to a crash like 2008.”

Economy Inequality Vulnerable Rising Crash

Author:Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell