“The world is a puzzling place today. All these banks sending us credit cards, with our names on them. Well, we didn't order any credit cards! We don't spend what we don't have. So we just cut them in half and throw them out, just as soon as we open them in the mail. Imagine a bank sending credit cards to two ladies over a hundred years old! What are those folks thinking?” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsWellsTwoTodayOrderNamesHalfCuttingImagineHundredFolksCreditDebtCardsMailOld PeopleCredit CardPuzzling Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“We are not taught to fear our politicians, who can debase our currency, throw us in prison and send us to war - but rather we are taught to fear each other. We are taught to imagine that the real predators in this world are not those who control prison cells, national debts and nuclear weapons, but rather our fellow citizens, who in the absence of brutal control would surely tear us apart!” WorldWarRealImagineThis WorldTearsTaughtCitizensPoliticianWeaponsFellowsPrisonDebtAbsenceNuclearCellsImagine ThatNuclear WeaponsBrutalCurrencyPredatorNational DebtPrison Cells Author:Stefan Molyneux
“Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.” WorldMayMeanImportantStatesWholeGovernmentTodayDecisionBusinessMistakeImagineEffectsInformationPleaseConsequenceConcernConcernedDebtButterflyCollapseImagine ThatGovernorsGlobalizationBrazilSingaporeFinnishStockbrokersBangkokButterfly EffectGovernment And Business Author:Jacques Chirac
“Imagine having "no chain of titles for cars, no VIN numbers, and no DMV. There'd be total chaos! But that's basically the system for debt.” NumbersImagineCarChaosDebtChainsTitles Author:Jake Halpern
“If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as their motive either to see us out of debt to them or to strengthen our economy, society, international influence, or other elements of our way of life.” IfsWayMayRunningEconomyImagineGroupsInfluenceElementsInternationalCongressDebtMotiveOfficialsFrustrationFrustratedBankers Author:Oliver DeMille
“Imagine you owe on five credit cards, you owe five debts. So which debt should you pay first? And the answer is very simple: You should pay the one with the highest interest rate first. But that's not what people do.” PeopleShouldFirstsInterestSimpleAnswersPayFiveImagineHighestRateCreditDebtCardsCredit CardInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely