We Always Plan Too Much And Always

The Capitalist Engine Is First And Last An Engine Of Mass Production Which Unavoidably Also Means Production For The Masses. . . . It Is The Cheap Cloth, The Cheap Cotton And Rayon Fabric, Boots, Motorcars And So On That Are The Typical Achievements Of Capitalist Production, And Not As A Rule Improvements That Would Mean Much To The Rich Man. Queen Elizabeth Owned Silk Stockings. The Capitalist Achievement Does Not Typically Consist In Providing More Silk Stockings For Queens But In Bringing Them Within Reach Of Factory Girls.

Innovation Is The Market Introduction Of A Technical Or Organisational Novelty, Not Just Its Invention.

The Modern Mind Dislikes Gold Because It Blurts Out Unpleasant Truths.

Things Economic And Social Move By Their Own Momentum And The Ensuing Situations Compel Individuals And Groups To Behave In Certain Ways Whatever They May Wish To Do-not Indeed By Destroying Their Freedom Of Choice But By Shaping The Choosing Mentalities And By Narrowing The List Of Possibilities From Which To Choose.

It Is, After All, Only Common Sense To Realize That, But For The Fact That Economic Life Is A Process Of Incessant Internal Change, The Business Cycle, As We Know It, Would Not Exist.