{"id":8975,"date":"2014-05-26T07:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2014-04-07T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T17:46:05","slug":"lessons-of-history-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=8975","title":{"rendered":"Lessons of History 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Every economic system must sooner or later<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">individuals and groups to productivity.&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From <em><strong>The Lessons of History<\/strong><\/em> by Will and Ariel Durant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(1968, Simon &amp; Schuster) page 54<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=8976\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380508931&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.845&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0297\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8976\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=250%2C187&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=900%2C675&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_0297.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to increase freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive to stir individuals and groups to productivity.&#8221; 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