A few choice bits about $$ from The Oxford Book of Money, edited by Kevin Jackson. Appropriate, given the still-fragile economy. Many people continue to be worried. Here are a few historical justifications for such worry.
“It is more easy to write on money than to obtain it; and those who gain it, jest much at those who only know how to write about it.” – Voltaire (1694-1778) (OBoM, p. 170)
“O sacred hunger of pernicious gold!/ What bands of faith can impious lucre hold?” – Virgil (70-19 BC), Aeneid, book iii, tr John Dryden, 1697 (OBoM, p. 252)
“‘I dislike money,’ Magritte said, ‘both for itself and for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about.’” – Rene Magritte (1898-1967) (OBoM, p.335)
FYI, the new bout of summer blogging begins soon. The staff at The Modest Proposal has been very busy lately–moving to new flats, doing PhD visits, finishing Master’s theses, finishing books, having allergies, writing grants, etc, etc–but we’ll have a pretty busy summer of writing and all that ahead.