Inventions That Are Not Made, Like Babies

Inventions That Are Not Made, Like Babies That Are Not Born, Are Rarely Missed.

Consumer Wants Can Have Bizarre, Frivolous, Or Even Immoral Origins, And An Admirable Case Can Still Be Made For A Society That Seeks To Satisfy Them. But The Case Cannot Stand If It Is The Process Of Satisfying Wants That Create The Wants.

The Attraction Of Power We Take For Granted In Politics.. But In Economics...the Thrust...is For Pecuniary Return, For Money. And I Have Always Felt That Denies In The Economic World A Very Large Part Of The Motivation.

The Commencement Speech Is Not, I Think, A Wholly Satisfactory Manifestation Of Our Culture.

In The Affluent Society, No Useful Distinction Can Be Made Between Luxuries And Necessities.