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title: "10 Industrial Economy Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-in-the-past-the-costs-and-risks-of-the-coming-phases-of-the/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [We are leaving the industrial economy and entering the connection economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/we-are-leaving-the-industrial-economy-and-entering-the-connection/)

[Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/)

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> [People talk about "job creation," as if that had ever been the aim the industrial economy. The aim was to replace people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/people-talk-about-job-creation-as-if-that-had-ever-been-the-aim-the/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

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> [In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-ammori/in-the-post-industrial-economy-ideas-and-great-minds-often-provide/)

[Marvin Ammori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-ammori/)

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> [There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-shapiro/there-is-a-central-difference-between-the-old-and-new-economies-the/)

[Carl Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-shapiro/)

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> [Just as the PC bled back into industrial economy, I think the Internet is going to bleed back into our overall economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-reilly/just-as-the-pc-bled-back-into-industrial-economy-i-think-the-internet/)

[Tim O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-reilly/)

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> [Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/our-modern-industrial-economy-takes-a-mountain-covered-with-trees/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/edward-abbey-254_covered_our-modern-industrial-economy-takes-a-mo_1828713.png)

> [“The industrial economy put a premium on the repetitive delivery of process-driven factory work. This is what delivered quality products, consistently. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gyan-nagpal/the-industrial-economy-put-a-premium-on-the-repetitive-delivery-of/)

[Gyan Nagpal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gyan-nagpal/)

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> [The industrial economy which divides society absolutely into two portions, the payers of wages and the receivers of them, the first counted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-industrial-economy-which-divides-society-absolutely-into-two/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a85/john-stuart-mill-477_capable_the-industrial-economy-which-divides-soc_1789844.jpg)

> [In the early 19th century, when the country was transitioning from an agrarian to an industrial economy, we subsidised transportation and created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-deese/in-the-early-19th-century-when-the-country-was-transitioning-from-an/)

[Brian Deese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-deese/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/brian-deese-12534_country_in-the-early-19th-century-when-the-count_906390.jpg)

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