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21 " The Fed’s action is, as the saying goes, socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. "
― Fareed Zakaria , Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
22 " The greatest moral failing of meritocracy is the belief that your success, your higher perch in society, makes you superior in any fundamental sense. "
23 " The top 10% of America owns almost 70% of the total wealth of the country—from houses and cars to stocks and bonds—while the bottom 50% own just 1.5% "
24 " war is not just an act of policy but a true political instrument. "
25 " one-third of African Americans say they personally know someone who has died of Covid-19, compared to only 9% of Whites. "
26 " people need to listen to the experts. But the experts also need to listen to the people. "
27 " But as Michael Sandel, a Harvard philosopher, explained in his 2012 book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, we have moved from accepting a market economy to creating a market society, one in which everything is seen through the prism of price. "
28 " One in every three pills taken by Americans, for example, are generics produced in India, which itself gets two-thirds of pharmaceutical ingredients from China. "
29 " There is a paradoxical feature of pandemics: even though they have come to be named for specific locations, they are decidedly not contained by borders. "
30 " For many decades, the world needed to learn from America. But now America needs to learn from the world. And what it most needs to learn about is government—not big or small but good government. "
31 " Lenin is supposed to have once said, “There are decades when nothing happens, and then there are weeks when decades happen. "
32 " Historically the lesson is clear: if growing inequalities are not addressed by reforms, revolution might follow. "
33 " spending, by one estimate, $5.4 trillion on the “War on Terror. "
34 " If money can buy a better house or car or even a yacht, that’s one thing. But if it can buy citizenship, special access to public spaces, preferential treatment at colleges, and favors from politicians, it becomes a corrupting and corroding force. "
35 " Without credit default swaps, there might never have been a President Donald Trump. "
36 " The Future never spoke— Nor will he like the Dumb Reveal by sign a Syllable Of his profound To Come— But when the News be ripe Presents it in the Act— Forestalling Preparation— Escape—or Substitute EMILY DICKINSON "
37 " Lenin is supposed to have once said, "
38 " China pledged $2 billion to the global response to Covid-19 while the US moved to cut funding for the World Health Organization and withdraw from the agency altogether. "
39 " It turns out that in any system, of these three characteristics—open, fast, stable—you can have only two. "
40 " we could view this global pandemic as a spur to global cooperation and action. "