Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I shall argue that it is the capital stock from which we derive satisfaction, not from the additions to it (production) or… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The tourist business is a trap, it is a tained honey; Man clearly should have stayed in bed, and not invented money. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The right to have children should be a marketable commodity, bought and traded by individuals but absolutely limited by the state. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Private property is a means, and neither its abolition nor its unrestricted right should be an end in itself. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Don't go to great trouble to optimize something that never should be done at all. Aim to enhance total systems properties, such… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
We should always bear in mind that numbers represent a simplification of reality. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape of information… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image