Politically speaking, it's always easier to shell out money for a disaster that has already happened, with clearly identifiable victims, than to invest money in protecting against something that may or may not happen in the future.
James SurowieckiYou can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.
James SurowieckiArt collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.
James SurowieckiOne key to successful group decisions is getting people to pay much less attention to what everyone else is saying.
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