Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Vaclav Smil

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired/

"In every society, manufacturing builds the lower middle class. If you give up manufacturing, you end up with haves and have-nots and you get social polarization. The whole lower middle class sinks."

In a way very depressive to find much wiser men backing up your own long time conclusions.
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