economy

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a42b8ca	Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.	economy politcal-pandering socialism	Thomas Sowell
295a5ea	Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...	atheism capitalism causality commerce constitution crisis drugs economics economy force freedom government individual-rights jobs law liberty life love objective-law philosophy political-philosophy pursuit-of-happiness reason regulation rock-and-roll sex slavery society trade tyranny usa volition wealth	Ayn Rand
6d2bd54	Cheap booze is a false economy.	economy value wisdom	Christopher Hitchens
a095d03	It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread in annual wages (except for the osteopath) exceeded more than five thousand dollars. And other than the doctor (who made house calls), the store managers, the minister, the salesman, and the banker, everyone belonged to a union. That meant they worked a forty-hour week, had the entire weekend off (plus two to four weeks' paid vacation in the summer), comprehensive medical benefits, and job security. In return for all that, the country became the most productive in the world and in our little neighborhood it meant your furnace was always working, your kids could be dropped off at the neighbors without notice, you could run next door anytime to borrow a half-dozen eggs, and the doors to all the homes were never locked -- because who would need to steal anything if they already had all that they needed?	crime economics economy housing income quality-of-life wages	Michael Francis Moore
5aa0d54	Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you get how it worked? I don't, and anyone who says they do is full of shit.	economics economy war	Max Brooks
d3b6869	She planted that terror of debt so deeply in her children that even now, in a changed economic pattern where indebtedness is a part of living, I become restless when a bill is two days overdue. Olive never accepted the time-payment plan when it became popular. A thing bought on time was a thing you did not own and for which you were in debt. She saved for things she wanted, and this meant that the neighbours had new gadgets as much as two years before we did.	credit economy money saving spending	John Steinbeck
544383b	Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.	economy growth politics	William Easterly
8931a31	"Waaant equity," hisses the alien intruder. "You can't be Pamela Macx," says Pierre, his back to the wall, keeping the sword point before the lobster-woman-thing. "She's in a nunnery in Armenia or something. You pulled that out of Glashwiecz's memories - he worked for her, didn't he?" Claws go snicker-snack before his face. "Investment partnership!" screeches the harridan. "Seat on the board! Eat brains for breakfast!" It lurches sideways, trying to get past his guard."	economy zero-sum-game	Charles Stross
135f202	"Claiming "the budget can't allow it" reminds me of when you walk into a restaurant at a civilized hour like ten o'clock and they say "the kitchen is closed." For years I would hear this, and think, "damn, just a little too late, oh well, thank you, I guess it's Denny's again." And then one day it hit me: kitchens don't . Just as at home, at a certain point in the night, I stop the kitchen--but at three in the morning, if I want to, I still have the ability to go downstairs and "re-open" the kitchen by turning on the stove and opening the refrigerator! Restaurants are not banks; at the stroke of ten an enormous airlock doesn't seal off the kitchen and render the preparation of food an utter ./ No, kitchens can open and budgets are what certain people say they are."	analogy budget budget-cuts budgeting economy humor impossible possible	Bill Maher
ecba89b	Los psicologos de finales de los anos cuarenta habian detectado, o afirmaban haber detectado, que la mente tenia la capacidad para defenderse de lo que en apariencia no queria percibir.	economy economía racionalidad-acotada	Michael Lewis
3ced8e9	There were no weapons of mass destruction. And we bombed them anyway. And, by the way he's destroyed the economy. He's squandered something in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars. It seems impossible to Tyler that that might not matter. It drives him insane.	bush economy election george-w-bush insanity politics president w war weapons-of-mass-destruction	Michael Cunningham

a42b8ca

Economics is a study of cause-and-effect relationships in an economy. It's purpose is to discern the consequences of various ways of allocating resources which have alternative uses. It has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.

economy politcal-pandering socialism

Thomas Sowell

295a5ea

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...

atheism capitalism causality commerce constitution crisis drugs economics economy force freedom government individual-rights jobs law liberty life love objective-law philosophy political-philosophy pursuit-of-happiness reason regulation rock-and-roll sex slavery society trade tyranny usa volition wealth

Ayn Rand

6d2bd54

Cheap booze is a false economy.

economy value wisdom

Christopher Hitchens

a095d03

It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread in annual wages (except for the osteopath) exceeded more than five thousand dollars. And other than the doctor (who made house calls), the store managers, the minister, the salesman, and the banker, everyone belonged to a union. That meant they worked a forty-hour week, had the entire weekend off (plus two to four weeks' paid vacation in the summer), comprehensive medical benefits, and job security. In return for all that, the country became the most productive in the world and in our little neighborhood it meant your furnace was always working, your kids could be dropped off at the neighbors without notice, you could run next door anytime to borrow a half-dozen eggs, and the doors to all the homes were never locked -- because who would need to steal anything if they already had all that they needed?

crime economics economy housing income quality-of-life wages

Michael Francis Moore

5aa0d54

Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you get how it worked? I don't, and anyone who says they do is full of shit.

economics economy war

Max Brooks

d3b6869

She planted that terror of debt so deeply in her children that even now, in a changed economic pattern where indebtedness is a part of living, I become restless when a bill is two days overdue. Olive never accepted the time-payment plan when it became popular. A thing bought on time was a thing you did not own and for which you were in debt. She saved for things she wanted, and this meant that the neighbours had new gadgets as much as two years before we did.

credit economy money saving spending

John Steinbeck

544383b

Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

economy growth politics

William Easterly

8931a31

"Waaant equity," hisses the alien intruder. "You can't be Pamela Macx," says Pierre, his back to the wall, keeping the sword point before the lobster-woman-thing. "She's in a nunnery in Armenia or something. You pulled that out of Glashwiecz's memories - he worked for her, didn't he?" Claws go snicker-snack before his face. "Investment partnership!" screeches the harridan. "Seat on the board! Eat brains for breakfast!" It lurches sideways, trying to get past his guard."

economy zero-sum-game

Charles Stross

135f202

"Claiming "the budget can't allow it" reminds me of when you walk into a restaurant at a civilized hour like ten o'clock and they say "the kitchen is closed." For years I would hear this, and think, "damn, just a little too late, oh well, thank you, I guess it's Denny's again." And then one day it hit me: kitchens don't . Just as at home, at a certain point in the night, I stop the kitchen--but at three in the morning, if I want to, I still have the ability to go downstairs and "re-open" the kitchen by turning on the stove and opening the refrigerator! Restaurants are not banks; at the stroke of ten an enormous airlock doesn't seal off the kitchen and render the preparation of food an utter ./ No, kitchens can open and budgets are what certain people say they are."

analogy budget budget-cuts budgeting economy humor impossible possible

Bill Maher

ecba89b

Los psicologos de finales de los anos cuarenta habian detectado, o afirmaban haber detectado, que la mente tenia la capacidad para defenderse de lo que en apariencia no queria percibir.

economy economía racionalidad-acotada

Michael   Lewis

3ced8e9

There were no weapons of mass destruction. And we bombed them anyway. And, by the way he's destroyed the economy. He's squandered something in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars. It seems impossible to Tyler that that might not matter. It drives him insane.

bush economy election george-w-bush insanity politics president w war weapons-of-mass-destruction

Michael Cunningham