...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.
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We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the read more
We are now in the third stage of the industrial revolution. The first involved machines which extended human muscle; the second used machines to extend the human nervous system (radio, television, telephones); the third is now utilizing machines which extend the human mind-computers. About half of all service workers (43 percent of the labor force by 2000) will be involved in collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, structuring, storing, or retrieving information... By 1995, 80 percent of all management will be "knowledge workers.".
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which read more
The meaning of economic freedom is this: that the individual is in a position to choose the way in which he wants to integrate himself into the totality of society.
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.
It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.
We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye.
Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye.
