economy

Quotes

... the middle classes were persuaded by intellectuals for much of the century that an economy is a zero-sum game, and that they were prosperous because … dalrymple/2

What right have I to write on prudence, whereof I have little, and that of negative sort? ... I have no skill to make money spend well, no genius in … emerson/11

The great Indian surveys of the nineteenth century are the story of the indefatigable in pursuit of the unmeasurable, set in a land of notorious imprecision. … explorers/3

Links

Economic View - Will More Borrowers Walk Away From Their Mortgages? - NYTimes.com
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Where Does My Money Go?
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The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com
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Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
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The Dark Side of China’s Rise
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