For it is no railways, roads, and power stations that give rise to industrial capitalism: it is the emergence of industrial capitalism that leads to the building of railways, to the construction of roads, and to the establishment of power… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
The alarm must be sounded because it is the economic and social system of capitalism and imperialism that prevents the urgently needed full mobilization… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
The process of writing is a process of learning; and much has become clearer to me in the attempt to transform my original rough… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
As Hegel well knew, the ascent of reason has never followed a straight line. — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
That the means of imperialist policy overshadow almost entirely its original ends has tremendous implications. — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
It has been estimated that even in the absence of net investment, the mere substitution of modern machinery for worn-out equipment in the United… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
The principal impact of foreign enterprise on the development of the underdeveloped countries lies in hardening and strengthening the sway of merchant capitalism, in… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Schumpter's daring and dashing entrepreneur is now a legendary figure from the distant past - if not from the mythology of capitalism - or… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
If society has a technical need, that helps science forward more than ten universities. — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction. — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
