economy – The Way I See It

joelwitwer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:05:02 +0000

A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance.

– Wendell Berry in The Art of the Commonplace: The Idea of a Local Economy p.255

joelwitwer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:57:03 +0000

In war, even the winner is a loser.

– Wendell Berry in The Art of the Commonplace: Economy and Pleasure p. 213

joelwitwer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:55:51 +0000

We know from childhood that winning is fun. But we probably begin to grow up when we begin to sympathize with the loser.

– Wendell Berry in The Art of the Commonplace: Economy and Pleasure p. 213

joelwitwer — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:53:02 +0000

Community, however, aspires toward stability. It strives to balance change with constancy. That is why community life places such high value on neighborly love, marital fidelity, local loyalty, the integrity and continuity of family life, respect for the old, and instruction of the young. And a vital community draws its life, so far as is possible, from local sources. It prefers to solve its problems, for example, by nonmonetary exchanges of help, not buying things. A community cannot survive under the rule of competition.

– Wendell Berry in The Art of the Commonplace: Economy and Pleasure p. 212