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In the 1930s, it was not obvious to people living through debt deflation that their world was coming apart. The crisis came in pulses, each followed by months of apparent normality – like today. The…

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“Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries …

“. . . it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this…

“Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?”
~ Paul Newman on marital infidelity

“The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.” – Woodrow Wilson