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...Hobson, Pritzker Simmons and Simmons agree. They are all members of a movement of wealthy people calling for increased taxes on the rich....
...The not-so-rich middle class would be left to bear the brunt.”...
...The foundation of this excellent book is the theory of “underconsumption”, proposed by the British analyst John Hobson in 1902. It returned in the 1930s in the work of John Maynard Keynes....
...The family lived in a Chicago château designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, a granite pile that could keep invading armies at bay....
...But a company that compounds its earnings over time will more than reward anyone who pays a rich price today....
...Because if you transfer $100 from an ordinary household to a rich household, you get a net reduction in consumption because rich people consume a much smaller share of their income....
...Emanuel “understands the vision”, Hobson says....
...In 1900, the economist John Hobson described the two regions as a “producer’s England” and a “consumer’s England”....
...Kedgeree can have a similar texture to a khichiri or it can come with a rich but somewhat ersatz curry sauce....
...After an informal gathering of the Group of Seven rich economies outside London, participants reaffirmed their commitment not to use economic policy to seek weaker currencies and did not conclude Japan was...
...As these platforms represent an increasing share of the total market they are creating a rich data set of online prices, he says. This, in turn, highlights poor practice....
...The story of the world’s second-highest mountain range is writ large in loops and folds of solid rock, deep chasms, dizzying precipices and rich mineral seams. A human being can feel very small....
...Think Arthur Bach, drunken millionaire playboy in Arthur, guided by compassionate butler Hobson....
...Rich-world companies working in corrupt environments can face a Hobson’s choice between doing business with dirty hands or not at all....
...Development of poor countries may require open markets, which may weaken social protections in the rich ones....
...This provides a rich seam for the likes of Mr Shepherd, whose 3,200+ connections “give me access to 5m people”....
...Hobson's choice Vladimir Putin faces a dilemma. He would dearly like to see the back of Roman Abramovich before a possible re-election bid in 2008....
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