• When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.

    Barbara Kingsolver: When people are frightened about going hungry and paying their mortgages, a scarcity model begins to prevail; they fear someone else will get their piece of the pie.
    "A life in writing" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2010.