Here is a quote from Albert Einstein in his book The World As I See It:
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
There’s not really much to add to that, is there? It is a great argument for why we need to think of the economy (and life!) as a set of interconnections and interdependencies.
I am really impressed of your researches from the sources of wisdom. We sometimes believe that our century comes up with so many useful thoughts and inventions. But most of them can be traced back to great thinkers who lived many years ago.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comment Christer! I agree that we often overestimate the uniqueness of a lot of our current ideas.