“The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern.” HomeLightBeautifulStudyRichEvidenceProsperityHospitalityTaverns Book:Stage-coach and Tavern Days Source: Stage-coach and Tavern Days
“The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.” PeopleDealsRichSkillsEvidenceLuckUnequivocal Author:Daniel Kahneman
“The richer people, when they get another $100,000, or another million, or 10 million, don't tend to spend it as much as the poorer people would if they got another $100 or $1,000 or $5,000. All the empirical evidence suggests that the rich tend to consume a lower proportion of income than middle and lower-income people.” PeopleIfsMillionsRichMiddleEvidenceIncomeProportionEmpirical Evidence Author:Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
“America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas - beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis but refuse to die. The most prominent zombie is the insistence that low taxes on rich people are the key to prosperity.” PeopleHas BeensIdeasAmericaPoliticalDiesBeliefRichPolicyKeysTaxesLowsEvidenceProsperityRefuseLandscapeAnalysisZombieRich PeopleProminentInsistence Author:Paul Krugman
“Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic or white, people who live in a big city or in remote rural areas.” PeopleBigsBlackWhitePoorCitiesRichEvidenceAreasVoteVotingFraudProtectedAbsentHispanicRight To VoteBig CitiesRich Or PoorRural Areas Author:Juan Williams