“What is important is profit”, according to me the idea I get from this chapter is that a person is always seeking for profit, Profit here shouldn’t be considered only money, but it is also power (economical and personal), and willingness of a person. Russell discussed so cases and gave various examples which involves, slaves who built the pyramids for pharaohs, which those slave built due to the fear of getting killed. They did not had purpose to work intensely which they are not willing to do, they were simply abused by the excessive power of rulers at that time. Then, if we look economically, crises in one country have a great influence among others, Russell here gives example of India, scarcity of food and commodities etc. Cases like these however can result in both, it can either exceeds it’s economic power in case if none of other countries is producing those goods so that they they can charge really high which can result into economic growth, or if other countries are producing then buyer can switch to it. Ultimately, general public is unfamiliar with these economic affairs because of not having enough power. This all again discusses about how the authority is important and level of empowerment everyone has.
