"Workers are not being exploited. But if their share of growth doesn't increase, this could be a potential cause of social tension worldwide."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Kenneth Rogoff

#Growth Quotes #Causes Quotes #Social Quotes

“If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.”
“As a professional, as a person, and as a player, I think he's fantastic. It's like he's dancing the tango. I just love how he plays football so elegantly. To me, Andres is Don Andres.”
“There is a problem in America. An Irish or Polish American can write a story and it's an American story. When a Black American writes a story, it's called a Black story. I take exception to that. Every artist has articulated to his own experience. The problem is that some people do not see Blacks as Americans.”
“We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven't seen anyone - and I mean anyone - play before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivated - and the wonderful feel he has stays with him - he is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest.”
“And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave/O're the land of the free and the home of the brave.”
“The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.”
“What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.”
“There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.”

Source : Jean Rhys (2017). “The Collected Short Stories”, p.120, Penguin UK

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