“Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief.” WorldTurnsWealthResultsCenturyCreditImmenseExpansionDisbeliefSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“The growth of New England was a result of the aggregate efforts of a busy multitude, each in his narrow circle toiling for himself, to gather competence or wealth. The expansion of New France was the achievement of a gigantic ambition striving to grasp a continent. It was a vain attempt.” GrowthWealthResultsEffortAchievementAmbitionEnglandStriveBusyCirclesFranceVainContinentsMultitudesExpansionCompetenceNew EnglandToiling Book:Pioneers of France in the New World Source: Pioneers of France in the New World
“America certainly has made extraordinary progress. The collective unconscious of the nation has certainly shifted as a result of the civil rights movement and the developments in the '70s and '80s. We have witnessed a great expansion of the black middle class.” MadeAmericaNationsBlackResultsClassRightsProgressMiddleMovementDevelopmentExtraordinaryCivil RightsUnconsciousMiddle ClassCollectivesExpansion80sCivil Rights MovementCollective Unconscious Author:Michael Eric Dyson