Quote by Michel Houellebecq

“until the late twentieth century—the scarce resource in business was financial capital. If you had it, you had the means to create more wealth,…

— Geoff Colvin

“All around us we see a level of individual wealth unequaled since the early years of the 20th century.”

— Tony Judt

“In the second half of the twentieth century humankind almost obliterated itself in an argument about production methods.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“...there is almost nothing more important we can do for our young than convince them that production is more satisfying than consumption.”

— Ben Sasse

“What now strikes as remarkable about the new moneyed class of the nineteenth century is their complete irresponsibility;they see everything in terms of individual…

— George Orwell

Our experience of the world is being impoverished to the extent that it is being rendered artificial and prepackaged.

— David W. Orr

“By the time we came to understand the consequences of our revised patterns of consumption, the damage had been done to our waistline, longevity,…

— Franklin Foer

“There could be some economic growth without innovation, relying on existing technology, but it was growth without creative destruction. And it did not last.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“In a way, finance was even better than art. It was nothing but an expression of potential, of power, of our present moment in…

— Jade Chang

“it was the wars of the twentieth century that wiped away the past to create the illusion that capitalism had been structurally transformed.”

— Thomas Piketty

“there is a point at which efficiency crosses over into lunacy, and the savings in money or resources cease to be worthwhile in light…

— Mary Roach

“I’m surrounded by modernity, yet the ways of business remain unchanged since the age of barter and battery.”

— David Mack