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As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me:You get famine if the price of food spikes far beyond that of some people's means. This can be because food is short, objectively. This can be because the rich have bid the resources normally used to produce food away to other uses. You also get famine when the price of food is moderate if the incomes of large groups collapse.... In all of this, the lesson is that a properly functioning market does not seek to advance human happiness but rather to advance human wealth. What speaks in the market is money: purchasing power. If you have no money, you have no voice in the market. The market acts as if it does not know you exist and does not care whether you live or die.DeLong describes a marketplace that leaves people to die - not out of malice , but out of indifference.

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As UC Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong put it to me:You get famine if the price of food spikes far beyond that of some people's means. This can be because food is short, objectively. This can be because the rich have bid the resources normally used to produce food away to other uses. You also get famine when the price of food is moderate if the incomes of large groups collapse.... In all of this, the lesson is that a properly functioning market does not seek to advance human happiness but rather to advance human wealth. What speaks in the market is money: purchasing power. If you have no money, you have no voice in the market. The market acts as if it does not know you exist and does not care whether you live or die.DeLong describes a marketplace that leaves people to die - not out of malice , but out of indifference.

Annalee Newitz, Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
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I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

Tom DeLonge
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There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.

Tom DeLonge
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Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

Tom DeLonge
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It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.

Tom DeLonge
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Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

Tom DeLonge
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To this day, I believe the unity of the world's countries in the fight against terror is more powerful than the fight itself.

Michael DeLong, A General Speaks Out: The Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
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The military is only as strong as the other institutions supporting it.

Michael DeLong, A General Speaks Out: The Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
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This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak.

Michael Clarke
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As we move into unprecedented changes in our world, new and better tools are needed for meeting the challenges. The Michael teachings are one such tool.

Shepherd Hoodwin, Journey of Your Soul: A Channel Explores the Michael Teachings
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