Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. … - E. F. Schumacher

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The past can be a rudder that guides you or an anchor tha hinders you. Leave your mistakes with God and look to the future by faith.

E. F. Schumacher

Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty years ago one could do without difficulty, cannot get done any more. The richer a society, the more impossible it become to do worthwhile things without immediate payoff.

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