In the business world, bad news is usually good news – for somebody else. James Surowiecki Read Quote
In the struggle between capital and labor, more often than not capital has won, because the real source of value for most companies has historically been the hard assets that they owned and controlled. James Surowiecki Read Quote
Pop music thrives on repetition. You know a song’s a hit when you’ve heard it so often that you’ll be happy never to hear it again. James Surowiecki Read Quote
The stock market has an insidious effect on C.E.O.s’ moods, because of its impact not just on their companies but on their own bank accounts. James Surowiecki Read Quote
You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk. James Surowiecki Read Quote
In some respects, the video-game business is a lot like the razor business, which follows a simple model: Give away the razor, gouge ’em on the price of the blades. James Surowiecki Read Quote
When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is ‘debt.’ And from ‘debt’ it’s just a short hop to other unpleasant words, like ‘payola,’ ‘kickback,’ and ‘bribery.’ James Surowiecki Read Quote
