Quotes from Free Lunch — David Cay Johnston
born 1948 United States
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To the addicted, money is like cocaine: Too much is never enough.
Free Lunch (2007)
Brasil, Mexico, and Russia. ...They all have growing, and seemingly intractable, poverty at the bottom.
Free Lunch (2007)
Since the imperfect rules of the marketplace actually reward dangerous risk taking, the only thing that could prevent this lethal gamble is effective government regulation.
Free Lunch (2007)
In Britain only about 18 people a year die at rail crossings. ...Even taking into account that America has five times as many people... the death rate at crossings is four times that of Britain.
Free Lunch (2007)
Of each dollar people earned in 2005, the top 10 percent got 48.5¢... the greatest share of income pie since 1929, just before the Roaring Twenties collapsed into the Great Depression.
Free Lunch (2007)
In 2006... China, Japan, Canada, and Mexico—accounted for 60 percent of our worldwide trade deficit of $764 billion.
Free Lunch (2007)