In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

The quality of a society and of its culture will depend on the status of its unemployed.

Addiction is a serious problem for our nation, and the efforts that individuals make against this problem benefit us all.

Our market-intensive societies measure material progress by the increase in the volume and variety of commodities produced. And taking our cue from this sector, we measure social progress by the distribution of access to these commodities. Economics has been developed as propaganda for the takeover by large-scale commodity producers.