The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary... →
Tim Jackson
On the mathematical side, you could in principle build a society in which people were fulfilling their needs and flourishing as human beings in a... →
I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want... →
Gillian Jacobs
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part of two centuries, we... →
Martin Jacques
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
Bianca Jagger
Our society is very, very good at developing certain types of skills and certain types of genius. We are fantastically good at identifying and... →
Bill James
It's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not.
The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of... →
C. L. R. James
When public figures remain silent about depression, there is a cost to the rest of society. Silence contributes to the misperception that successful... →
Kay Redfield Jamison
We've become a plastic society.
Bill Janklow