“Let’s understand that things are thieves of time because the more things you have, the more time you have to spend working to pay for them, the more your life is chained to a rhythm of perpetual purchase.”
Paul Hawken
more infosource: The 11th Hour, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio; directed by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen; distributed by Warner Independent Pictures; and released August 2007.
category: consumerism, economy, materialism, time
medium: Film
“The rich are better off with a smaller percentage of a fast-growing economy than a larger share of an economy that’s barely moving.”
Robert B. Reich
more infosource: “How to End the Great Recession,” The New York Times, September 2, 2010
category: economy, recession, rich
medium: Op-Ed
“No one I know has a job anymore. They’ve got Gigs.”
Tina Brown
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economy