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The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution read more
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not read more
Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.
Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to read more
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
