In my latest National Post column I say people enjoy the comforting blanket of political make-believe yet crave truth when reality intrudes.
"Every man desires to obtain additional wealth with as little sacrifice as possible."
Nassau Senior in 1836, quoted by Stephen Leacock in "What is Left of Adam Smith?" in On the Front Line of Life
In my latest National Post column I say the horrific fire in London's Grenfell Tower happening in public housing is a powerful warning against putting too much faith in government.
“Leaders have two characteristics: (1) they are going somewhere; (2) they can persuade others to go with them.”
D.P. Diffiné, “The 1993 American Incentive System Almanac”.
In my latest National Post column I say, from hearing a series of outstanding talks at Moses Znaimer's ideacity conference, that the future is here now.
"it’s a good thing to have bubbles burst, because you cannot sustain a bubble indefinitely."
Milton Friedman, in an interview in National Review September 28, 1998
John Robson of TheRebel.media reflects on a sad day in the history of the workplace, the day the punch-card was patented. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/today_in_history_humanity_takes_a_punch_in_the_card_1887 Subscribe to the Rebel's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RebelMediaTV PLUS http://www.Facebook.com/JoinTheRebel *** http://www.Twitter.com/TheRebelTV
"All purposeful human action is self-interested, in the crucial sense that it aims at goals accepted by the individual, using means evaluated by the individual. Greed or selfishness, by contrast, is a matter of claiming for the self more than is due."
Paul Heyne "The Concept of Economic Justice in Religious Discussion"