Piero Sraffa quotes

In economic theory the conclusions are sometimes less interesting than the route by which they are reached.
-- Piero Sraffa

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The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.

Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.

I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.

That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever?

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

I am not confident that Europe can make it.

I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.