The Tidal Economy: How We Avoid Decline

"It took my grandfather thirty years to build a tall building, my father spent three years to turn it into a bargaining chip on the gambling table, and it will take me a lifetime to learn to plant flowers in the rubble." "In 1990, when the whole of Japan was cheering for stock prices, only the owners of small and closed factories were asking: What is money when there are no more man-made things?"