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It's not a question. I just wanted to thank you for "Work". IMHO, it is brilliant. I'm ranking it up there along with Piketty's economics & Kahnemann & Tversky. OK then, here's a question mark to fulfill requirements?
James Suzman In the spirit of the "question". Piketty Khanemann & Twersky are far cleverer then me. But its a joy when people enjoy my rumblings. so thanks (?). …moreIn the spirit of the "question". Piketty Khanemann & Twersky are far cleverer then me. But its a joy when people enjoy my rumblings. so thanks (?). (less)
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What is the difference from your books Affluence Without Abundance: The Dissappearing World of the Bushmen and Affluence Without Abundance: What We Can Learn from the World's Most Successful Civilisation?
James Suzman The content is the same. The title was changed by the publishers for the paperback edition.
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Compared to the brilliance of the Dark Materials Trilogy this read like a piece of ham-fisted undergraduate fan fiction. Best avoided.
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“so we have these vast convoluted processes of people doing bullshit jobs of incredible complexity, but for no apparent purpose”
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“The equation of taxation and theft is as old as extortion”
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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.” —Seneca”
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