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The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. read more
The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much as, or more than, hands or mouths.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.
The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s.
One rose says more than the dozen.
One rose says more than the dozen.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and read more
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And read more
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.
Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.
Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
