“The author brings to the table a healthy skepticism of the conventional wisdom, an admirable ability to separate fact from fancy, and an undisguised repugnance for the mumbo-jumbo that's the curse of so much commentary on anything to do with economics or investment. A World of Wealth is not only a lively read, but an exceptionally enlightening and rewarding one to boot.” WorldFactsWealthAbilityHealthyEconomicsTablesInvestmentCurseFancyBootsConventionalSkepticismEnlighteningAdmirableLivelyCommentaryConventional Wisdom Author:Alan Abelson
“We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.” LittlesFactsStoriesMovingHappenedKingsDemandNarrativeCherishAcceptableNonviolenceConventionalDrsDisadvantagesSoothingResemblance Author:Timothy B. Tyson
“Ah! In fact there are two moralities ... The petty one, the conventional one, the one devised by men, that keeps changing and bellows so loudly, making a commotion down here among us, in a perfectly pedestrian way ... But the other one, the eternal one, is all around and above us, like a landscape that surrounds us and the blue sky that gives us light.” MenWayGivingTwoFactsLightSkyMoralityEternalBlueLandscapeSurroundConventionalPettyBlue SkyPedestrians Book:Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Madame Bovary: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)