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"Great macroeconomic summary review on money, debt, and the markets effects of financialization." — Apr 06, 2020 01:03PM
"Great macroeconomic summary review on money, debt, and the markets effects of financialization." — Apr 06, 2020 01:03PM
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.”
― As a Man Thinketh
― As a Man Thinketh
“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
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