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De grote schoonmaak

by Rob van Essen

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"Ik had altijd gedacht dat een hovercraft volkomen stabiel over het water gleed, maar niets was minder waar. We begrepen waarom de aardige stewardess al voordat we uit de haven waren vertrokken was langsgekomen met de vraag of we wat wilden drinken; wanneer ze dat na de afvaart had gedaan, hadden we beleefd geweigerd." — 7 hours, 35 min ago

Apr 29, 2026 03:41AM

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Nevermore (Dutch Edition)

by Cécile Wajsbrot

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"Na het lezing van Voorspel en het Nawoord bij de vertaling heb ik toegegeven aan de onbedwingbare lust om het origineel aan te schaffen en dat (ook!) te lezen.

Mijn Frans is bij lange na niet zo goed meer als pakweg 50 jaar geleden, omdat ik het in zo'n 45 jaar nauwelijks nog gebruikt heb.... maar met de Nederlandse vertaling van Josephine Rijnaarts via de (online) bieb, moet het lukken!" — Apr 29, 2026 03:51AM

Apr 28, 2026 10:13PM

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Carbon & Silicium

by Mathieu Bablet

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“why do we need to make the rich richer to make them work harder but make the poor poorer for the same purpose?”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide

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“Once poor people are persuaded that their poverty is their own fault, that whoever has made a lot of money must deserve it and that they too could become rich if they tried hard enough, life becomes easier for the rich.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide: A Pelican Introduction

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“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

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“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in economics that can be established independently of political, and frequently moral, judgements. Therefore, when faced with an economic argument, you must ask the age-old question ‘Cui bono?’ (Who benefits?), first made famous by the Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.”
― Ha-Joon Chang, Economics: The User's Guide

tags: economics, economy, politics

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“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

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