“It is a bit funny, but also quite sad: Those who preach the doctrine of global glut are tilting at windmills, when there are some real monsters out there that need slaying.”

—  Paul Krugman

"Is Capitalism Too Productive?", Foreign Affairs (September/October 1997)

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