"Two-factor economics makes it clear that our economic problem is not what one-factor (labor-centric) thinkers assert: an inequitable distribution of income. It is an inequitable distribution of productive power, from which an unworkable distribution of income results."

-- Louis O. Kelso

#Two Quotes #Income Quotes #Politics Quotes

“Time doth run with calm and silent foot, Shortening my days and thread of vital life.”

Source : Christopher Marlowe (2014). “Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus”, p.524, Bloomsbury Publishing
“After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.”

Source : Russ Carnahan's remarks at the United States House of Representatives (October 28, 2005), as quoted in "Congressional Record, Volume 151 - Part 18: October 27, 2005 to November 7, 2005 (Pages 23969 to 25296)" by Government Printing Office (p. 24193), 2010.
“Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout.”

Source : Thomas Sydenham, Robert Gordon Latham (1850). “The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.”, p.129
“I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something”
“I believe there's 31 flavors to be tasted. . . I'm just living my life. I don't want to be your kind of good.”
“Eye-popping tales of growing income inequality are hardly new. By now, nearly every American must be painfully aware of the widening pay gap between top executives and shop floor laborers; between 'Master of the Universe' financiers and pretty much everyone else.”
“I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and I'd get distracted and follow a link to a long magazine article about genetically modified wine grapes. Too long, actually, so I'd add it to my reading list. Then I'd follow another link to a book review. I'd add the review to my reading list, too, then download the first chapter of the bookâ€”third in a series about vampire police. Then, help-wanted ads forgotten, I'd retreat to the living room, put my laptop on my belly, and read all day. I had a lot of free time.”

Source : Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.7, Atlantic Books Ltd
“When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it.”

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