Quotes by
Alfred Sauvy |
1898-1990 , French economist
Sauvy was an economist, anthropologist and historian of the French economy. In 1952, he coined the term Third World in reference to countries that were unaligned with either the Western bloc or the Eastern bloc during the Cold War. | 5 quotes | 1,048 visits |
Quotations
| • | Charity has always eased the conscience of the rich, long before it eased the stomach of the poor. 2 |
| • | The goal of the economy is not work, but consumption. 2 |
| • | Any social organism that must reform itself does so more easily by additions than by subtractions. |
| • | Public opinion is often a political force, and this force is not provided for by any constitution. |
| • | If capitalism persists despite its imperfections and injustices, it is because there is no presentable replacement. |
