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From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:10 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:15526] Re: Nice quote
>
>
>
> > 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
> ========
> 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
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Well since I won't dispute Michael's widsom; I'll only say the 2nd
sounds very, very similar to Hobson and will dig up the quote later
today to show the similarities...........
Ian
