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'Financial markets are like the mirror of mankind, revealing every hour of every working day the way we value ourselves and the resources of the world around us [so that] it is not the fault of the mirror if it reflects our blemishes as clearly as our beauty.' – Niall Ferguson
'Profits are the indicator of valid production. In the further evolution of economic life, however, it will be necessary to eliminate profits for the reason that they make the production of goods dependent on the accident of the market, which the spirit of the age requires to be abolished.' – Rudolf Steiner
'The big society is the idea of association, groups coming together, and there is an echo of this in the liberal tradition of non-state association as the way individualism has power, and that's the future in my view.' – Philip Blond, ResPublica
'Finance, like other forms of human behaviour, underwent a change in the 20th century equivalent to the emergence of modernism in the arts: a break with common sense, a turn towards self-referentiality, abstraction and notions that couldn't be explained in workaday English.' – John Lancaster
'Good banking is produced, not by good laws, but by good bankers. Just as the most carefully planned constitution will inevitably break down if the men at the helm of government are incompetent or dishonest, so no skilfully devised banking system will make banking good, unless the banking is conducted by straight and able managers.' – Hartley Withers

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Dornach, Switzerland
The Mystery of Economic Life

Dornach, Switzerland
Rudolf Steiner / Maynard Keynes

London, UK
Rudolf Steiner / Maynard Keynes

Ways to Support

Three ways to support associative economics worldwide.

Factors of Production or Factors of Value Creation?

Jesse Osmer describes the need to see land, labour and capital in a new light (April 2006)

Excess Capital

John Mugge offers a view on the problem of capital accumulation within the economic process (September 2010).

Putting the Pot on the Table

Carlos Jaime Loch describes an essential feature of associative working.

Alone or Together?

Arthur Edwards describes the potential for accounting to enable one to see beyond one's own circumstances.

Seven Entry Points into Associative Economics

Meg Freeling shares some thoughts about what changes in ideas and in practice would further an associative modality of economic life.

The Merits of a Study Group

Christopher Mankowski says that studying with others offers inspiration for him to keep working on a subject that is vital to the health of humanity