what’s an economy where people want to be paid while refuse to pay for anything?

This is an interesting piece if you are remotely interested in publishing:
http://meanland.com.au/blog/post/no-thanks-ive-seen-an-old-issue-at-the-library-on-the-responsibility-of-the-reader-for-the-decline-of-publishing/

Raison d'être -  a French phrase meaning "reason for being"