“Bismarck once said, ‘Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.” — Edward Luce Committing suicide Copy Share Image
“We learn from history that we do not learn from history. FRIEDRICH HEGEL” — Edward Luce Hegel Copy Share Image
“Almost half of Americans would be unable to pay a $400 medical emergency bill without going into debt.67” — Edward Luce Debt Copy Share Image
“Ironically, some of the lowest-paid jobs – in barbershops and nail salons – will be among the safest.” — Edward Luce Safest Copy Share Image
“All of America’s new jobs have been generated by independent work, which has risen by 7.8 per cent a year.65” — Edward Luce New job Copy Share Image
“With chisels and pickaxes we made our tiny contributions to this orgy of historic vandalism.” — Edward Luce Chisels Copy Share Image
“Today, the US median income is still below where it was at the beginning of this century.” — Edward Luce Median Copy Share Image
“It is the elites who are loosening their allegiances and workers who are reaching for national flags.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“It would also require a conscious effort to look at the world from unfamiliar standpoints and admit that the West has no… — Edward Luce Conscious effort Copy Share Image
“every single one of America’s 493 wealthiest counties, almost all of them urban, voted for Hillary Clinton.43 The remaining 2623 counties, most… — Edward Luce Trump Copy Share Image
“The advantages of being raised on the right side of the tracks are too implicit to be enumerated. It is the few… — Edward Luce Left Copy Share Image
“Writing in the 1950s, Daniel Bell, the great American sociologist, said, ‘economic growth has become the secular religion of advancing industrial societies’.” — Edward Luce Economic growth Copy Share Image
“Since the turn of the millennium, and particularly over the last decade, no fewer than twenty-five democracies have failed around the world,… — Edward Luce Around the world Copy Share Image
“Émile Durkheim, the father of modern sociology, said that when societies hit a civilisational break the suicide rate soars.” — Edward Luce Parenting Copy Share Image
“In its study of the future of work, the laissez-faire Baker Institute admitted it had been ‘unable to find any solutions based… — Edward Luce Education Copy Share Image
“GDP numbers insist we are doing well, at a time when half the country is suffering from personal recessions. The world’s most… — Edward Luce Time Copy Share Image
“The stability of the planet – and the presumption of restraint – will have to rest in the hands of Xi Jinping… — Edward Luce Powerful leaders Copy Share Image
“By any numerical measure, humanity is becoming rapidly less poor. But between half and two-thirds of people in the West have been… — Edward Luce Artificial intelligence Copy Share Image
“the Toil Index – the number of working hours it takes a median worker to pay the median rent in one of… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“Cowen detects conformism even in the liveliest Silicon Valley companies. Most of its denizens wear some variation on the casual hipster uniform… — Edward Luce Conformism Copy Share Image
“clustered behind national barriers, what was good for General Motors was good for America. The annual gross domestic product figure meant as… — Edward Luce Bottom line Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump consciously stokes racist sentiment, and has given a rocket boost to the ‘alt-right’ fringe of neo-Nazis and white nationalists. But… — Edward Luce Donald trump Copy Share Image
“Such risk aversion breeds its own failure. So deeply rooted is gentrification that Richard Florida has now modified his widely acclaimed thesis… — Edward Luce Big city Copy Share Image
“Shortly afterwards Addis Ababa launched a crackdown on its opponents that resulted in hundreds of deaths. If America’s president was in two… — Edward Luce Death Copy Share Image
“Chicago’s success is no longer symbiotic with its rural neighbours. It comes at their expense.” — Edward Luce Chicago Copy Share Image
“The world’s elites have helped to provoke what they feared: a populist uprising against the world economy.” — Edward Luce Economics Copy Share Image
“if you want an economic chart that stops you from sleeping you should start with the elephant.” — Edward Luce Economics Copy Share Image
“In the US, the more liberal a city’s politics, the higher the rate of inequality.45” — Edward Luce Inequality Copy Share Image
“Davos has become the emblem of a global elite that has lost its ability to listen.” — Edward Luce Ability Listen Copy Share Image
“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.” — Edward Luce History Copy Share Image
“The new economy requires consumers with spending power – just as the old one did. Yet much like the farmer who eats… — Edward Luce Economics Copy Share Image
“According to one Harvard study, more students attended America’s elite universities from the top 1 per cent of income backgrounds than from… — Edward Luce Education Copy Share Image
“In 1970 only about one in seven American families lived in neighbourhoods that were unambiguously ‘affluent’ or ‘poor’.40 By 2007 that number… — Edward Luce Family Copy Share Image
“The West’s median income, meanwhile, has barely shifted in the last half-century.” — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
“The meritocratic society has given way to a hereditary meritocracy. The children of the rich are overwhelmingly likely to stay rich.” — Edward Luce Children Copy Share Image
“The West’s global cities are like tropical islands surrounded by oceans of resentment.” — Edward Luce Resentment Copy Share Image
“The downward pressure on the incomes of the West’s middle classes in the coming years will be relentless.” — Edward Luce Inequality Copy Share Image
