A student came up with the following.
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Professor Needham,
The second quote is by Richard Douthwaite. Please see
he is citing Keynes in the article.
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:56:26AM -0400, W. Robert Needham wrote:
A student came up with the following.
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:20:04 -0700 (PDT)
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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
Keynes, 1933. National Self-Sufficiency. The New Statesman and Nation
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 07:44:54AM -0700, Tom Walker wrote:
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
Plus five bonus points for posting the answer within five minutes.
Michael Perelman wrote,
Keynes, 1933. National Self-Sufficiency. The New Statesman and Nation
Tom Walker
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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
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From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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
25 extra credit points to Ian for tracking down the possible inspiration for
Keynes' allusion. For all we know, Hobson may have gotten his inspiration
from a similar sentiment in an anonymous pamphlet from the 1820s.
Ian Murray quoted John Hobson
It is the denial of this full property which
I found this in a very interesting book: Brechin, Gray A. 1999. Imperial
San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (Berkeley: University of
California Press).
32: In 1849, San Francisco's Alta California reported that "to get
the gold from [river bottoms and quartz veins], we must employ
gold.
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