"The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth."

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Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.1, University of Pennsylvania Press

Robert Kuttner

#Justice Quotes #Growth Quotes #Belief Quotes

“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
“Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind, Hath look'd on no religion scornfully That men did ever find.”
“If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both. . . . The mind and the world are opposites, and vision arises where they meet. When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.”
“Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.”
“The story is not in the plot but in the telling.”
“I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.”
“The impact of television on our culture is. . . indescribable. There's a certain sense in which it is nearly as important as the invention of printing.”
“I have enjoyed teaching most of the times that I have done it. I also like being by myself and making things and performing, so much that if I hadn't needed an income I probably wouldn't have done much teaching. Having said that, I think working with others, having to come up with art projects, and learning how to present your ideas in a clear way, to adults and/or kids is always interesting and rewarding.”

Source : Interview with Christian Filardo, logger.believermag.com. November 27, 2013.

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