"The second part of the New Right's policy package has been the belief that free-market solutions are always best. It is this latter view which is profoundly mistaken. Markets and profits are crucial, but the pure free-market model itself is deeply flawed."

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Source : "The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.

Paul Ormerod

#Views Quotes #Belief Quotes #Profit Quotes

“Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.”

Source : Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.211, ReadHowYouWant.com
“All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.”
“Isn't one of your first exercises in learning how to communicate to write a description of how to tie your shoelaces? The point being that it's basically impossible to use text to show that”
“Apparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.”
“Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans dont like: big unions, big government and big corporations. So Republicans go after big government and big unions, and only talk about small businesses.”
“Money is a necessity; so is dirt.”
“Beauty intoxicates the eye, as wine does the body; both are morally fatal if indulged.”
“When I open my mouth, the room rings.”

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