Quotation of the Day…

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… is from page 287 of the 2012 revised edition of Steven Landsburg’s great 1993 book, The Armchair Economist:

Like other coercive ideologies, environmentalism targets children specifically. After my daughter progressed from preschool to kindergarten, her teachers taught her to conserve resources by rinsing out her paper cup instead of discarding it. I explained to her that time is also a valuable resource, and it might be worth sacrificing some cups to save time.