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“If we went into stores only when we needed to buy something, and if once there we bought only what we needed, the economy would collapse, boom.”

Ifs Economy Needed Stores Collapse

Book:Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond

Source: Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond

“The schemes to set up blacks in cleaning stores, gas stations, hamburger stands and fried-chicken franchises, all the low-profit, low-capital enterprises, will rivet the Black man to the least remunerative section of the economy forever. The best such prospects offer are the dissatisfactions of blue-collar life. The big money ain't in pumping rationed gas in an Amoco station leased in your very own name, but in having stock in Exxon.”

“In Harlem, for instance, all of the stores are owned by white people, all of the buildings are owned by white people. The black people are just there - paying rent, buying the groceries; but they don't own the stores, clothing stores, food stores, any kind of stores; don't even own the homes that they live in. They are all owned by outsiders, and for these run-down apartment dwellings, the black man in Harlem pays more money than the man down in the rich Park Avenue section.”

“All revolutions more or less threaten the tenure of property: but most of those who live in democratic countries are possessed of property - not only are they possessed of property but they live in the condition of men who set the greatest store upon their property.”

Men Country Wisdom Politics Economy Conditions Revolution Property Democratic Stores Liberalism Possessed Tenure Democratic Country

Book:Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

Source: Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II

“To jump-start our economy, we must leave cash in your hands - because if youve got money in your pocket, youll spend it at the hardware store or the corner market, and that will drive job growth in our private sector.”

Ifs Hands Jobs Growth Economy Corners Stores Pockets Cash Private Sector Hardware Job Growth

Author:Tim Walz

“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.”

Source: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal