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“A lie can outlast any truth.”
― The Lying Game
― The Lying Game

“And the space created by capital is a very seductive space indeedâ€� provided you have the money.”
― The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite
― The Creative Destruction of New York City: Engineering the City for the Elite

“If someone tried to take control of your body and make you a slave, you would fight for freedom. Yet how easily you hand over your mind to anyone who insults you. When you dwell on their words and let them dominate your thoughts, you make them your master.”
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
― The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life

“life expectancy among working-class white Americans had been decreasing since the early 2000s. In modern history the only obvious parallel was with Russia in the desperate aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union. One journalistic essay and academic research paper after another confirmed the disaster, until the narrative was capped in 2015 by Anne Case and Angus Deaton’s famous account of “deaths of despair.”
― Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
― Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

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