Kenneth E. Boulding Quotes About Loss

Quotes about: Loss

• All knowledge is gained through an orderly loss of information.

  Kenneth E. Boulding

  Loss, Information, Orderly

• Justification, in terms of the broadening of freedom, for any particular form of institution of property must be argued in terms of whether the losses caused by the restrictions imposed are greater or less than the gains derived from the elimination of costly conflict.

  Kenneth E. Boulding

  Loss, Gains, Conflict

  "Principles of Economic Policy". Book by Kenneth E. Boulding, 1958.

• The perception of potential threats to survival may be much more important in determining behavior than the perceptions of potential profits, so that profit maximization is not really the driving force. It is fear of loss rather than hope of gain that limits our behavior.

  Kenneth E. Boulding

  Loss, Perception, Survival

  "Evolutionary economics" by Kenneth Boulding, Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, (p. 104), 1981.

• [The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

  Kenneth E. Boulding

  Military, Distance, Moving

  "Conflict and Defense: A General Theory". Book by Kenneth E. Boulding, p. 245, 1962.

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