Sublime

“Enough” is not too little.

Hence, the attempt to achieve social justice through the redistribution of capital wealth is inherently contradictory. The more welfare policies and state regulations that prevent the exploitation of living labor, the more restricted are the possibilities of extracting surplus value, and the less “wealth” is available to distribute in the economy.

the by-product of such persistent acquisition is a side we don’t see or talk about much: the necessary disposal of the old and boring.

‘Everything can be measured, and what gets measured gets managed’, as the motto of the management consultancy McKinsey goes. Governance by number extends this from the sphere of economics to the realm of politics and social life. Such a conception fundamentally changes the nature of politics as praxis. If, as the Prussian general and military theor

The issue should less be one of what volume you manage than what results you accomplish with that volume—profitability, client satisfaction, or skill building.

Implied is that the worth of an article is not static, but instead varies according to seasonal demand. Similarly, the place where an article is being sold is significant. For example, when articles are sold in an upscale department store, it is not considered as unfair gain to sell them for a higher price than at a discount warehouse. Similarly, i

The rebate provides the customer with additional positive utility . This means that the net utility is greater when one sees a price of $100 and receives a 25 % discount than when one pays $75.