If there is no possibility or, to put it in plain terms, if there is no money... What can you do? You can't go to a store, you can't buy anything, either a cannon, or a missile, or a medicine. For this reason the economy is at the basis of everything. In the beginning it was Karl Marx and then Freud and others...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He links economic resources to capability, noting that without money you cannot buy essential items, and references Marx and Freud.
- In plain terms
- Money is fundamental for acquiring necessities and power; economics underpins everything.
- What can you take from it?
- Strengthen the economy to secure resources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What other factors affect capability?
- How to balance economic and social needs?
Another view
Economic focus may overlook non‑material factors.
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