In A Consumer Society, People Wallow In

I Suspect That One Of Capitalism's Crucial Assets Derives From The Fact That The Imagination Of Economists, Including Its Critics, Lags Well Behind Its Own Inventiveness, The Arbitrariness Of Its Undertaking And The Ruthlessness Of The Way In Which It Proceeds.

We Have A Reversal Of A Longstanding Trend, From Rising Inequality Across Nations And Constant Or Declining Inequality Within Nations, To Declining Inequality Across Nations And Rising Inequality Within Them.

The So Called "progress," "time Marching On," Is Not A Straight Line, But A Pendulum.

I Was Watching The Tv Broadcasts Interviewing People Stranded At Airports For Days On End, Losing Their Holidays, Their Important Business Meetings And The Long-awaited Ability To See Their Families... In Short, Suffering. No One Complained, Though! They Kept Repeating: We Are So Grateful For The Care Taken Of Our Safety, For Feeling. They Were Ready To Surrender A Good Deal Of Their Human Dignity, Individuality, Freedom Of Choice.

'i Am Insecure' Means: I Can't Cope On My Own. The Odds Are Overwhelming. I Can't Resist Them On My Own. I Need Us To Join Forces, Stand Shoulder To Shoulder, March Hand In Hand.