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Give me Caviar Kaspia and give me a hamburger. I love the two extremes. ↗

— Michael Kors

#extremes #give #give me #hamburger #i

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap. ↗

— Michael Kors

#been #before #buying #came #cheap

Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of wheat without the knowledge left to you by men who had to discover it for the first time. Try to obtain your food by means of nothing but physical motions--and you'll learn that man's mind is the root of all the goods produced and of all the wealth that has ever existed on earth. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#philosophy #production #wealth #food

Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it is about concentrating capital, concentrating economic power in very few hands using that power to trash everyone who gets in their way. ↗

— David Korten

#among #buying #capital #capitalism #choices

More and more surveys in the US are indicating a change in values taking place among consumers, who become more concerned about quality of life, food, health and the environment. ↗

— David Korten

#among #become #change #concerned #consumers

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay. ↗

— David Korten

#deceiving #due #generally #growth #jobs

My own experience in the third world was that even if people started to make more money, the cost of living and housing increased often faster than the wages. ↗

— David Korten

#even #experience #faster #housing #increased

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations. ↗

— David Korten

#awareness #corporations #global #globalization #huge

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change. ↗

— David Korten

#current #need #politicians #see #sign

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#card #cash #changed #coming #credit