...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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What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
Only the little people pay taxes.
Only the little people pay taxes.
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most read more
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most who serves best" and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect read more
Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.
All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites read more
All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to down its enemies but also to strip its followers of their distinct individuality and render them more soluble in the collective medium.
As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.
As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.
