"It is historically the case that virtually every new zone incorporated into the world-economy established levels of real remuneration which were at the bottom of the world-system's hierarchy of wage-levels."

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Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.39, Verso

Immanuel Wallerstein

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“To sustain our leaders is a privilege.”
“I think my films are always quite self-reflexive and always question 'why am I doing this, is this the right way to do it, what is cinema for, does it have a purpose?”
“I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.”
“Everyday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain't productive, I get concerned.”

Source : Interview With Dan Hyman, music.avclub.com. December 20, 2011.
“People always want reasons for things ... but sometimes there are no reasons.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“If God had meant there to be more than two factors of production, He would have made it easier for us to draw three-dimension al diagrams.”
“And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.”

Source : Joan Bauer (2005). “Hope Was Here”, p.116, Penguin
“Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.”

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