> For 10 points each: name the author and source of the following
quote:
>
> "For the minds of this generation are still so beclouded by bogus
> calculations that they distrust conclusions which should be obvious,
out of
> a reliance on a system of financial accounting which casts doubt on
whether
> such an operation will 'pay'. We have to remain poor because it does
not
> 'pay' to be rich. We have to live in hovels, not because we cannot
build
> palaces but because we cannot 'afford' them.
>
> "The same rule of self-destructive financial calculation governs
every walk
> of life. We destroy the beauty of the countryside because the
unappropriated
> splendours of nature have no economic value. We are capable of
shutting off
> the sun and the stars because they do not pay a dividend. London is
one of
> the richest cities in the history of civilisation, but it cannot
'afford'
> the highest standards of achievement of which its own living
citizens are
> capable, because they do not 'pay.'"
> Tom Walker
> Bowen Island, BC
> 604 947 2213
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I'm pretty sure the 2nd one is John Hobson. My guess is the 1st one is
too, but I don't have my ref. handy and I've only begun my 1st cup of
tea..........
Ian
