Unfortunately, a lot of economists wanted to make their subject a science. So the more what you do resembles physics or chemistry,… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“What happened is an economic boa constrictor that is squeezing working families so hard they can’t breathe. Gina” — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future. — Norman O. Brown Copy Share Image
The economy is this huge innovation discovery machine. What the government can do usefully is to focus some of that effort where… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy. — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it: We're no longer No. 1. Today, we're No. 2. Yes,… — Stephen F. Hayes Copy Share Image
Chinese experts noted that the U.S. economy has rebounded from the 2008 crash more strongly than some analysts here had expected, while… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Think of the problem of the world as a cart. It has to have two wheels. If you have one wheel, the… — Benjamin Creme Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“The advertising industry's prime task is to ensure that uninformed consumers make irrational choices, thus undermining market theories that are based on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
“Still, connecting others to the world economy -voluntarily, by pressure, and even by force- constituted, in principle, their only road to sustained… — Azar Gat Copy Share Image
You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not… — Jeb Hensarling Copy Share Image
The greatest economic minds of the 19th century, all of them without exception, considered economic growth as a temporary necessity. When all… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
“Our aim was not to create profit, but jobs,' Sanchez Gordillo explained to me. This philosophy runs directly counter to the late-capitalist… — Dan Hancox Copy Share Image
Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep their wealth only as… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Why, when the economist gives advice to his society, is he so often cooly ignored? He never ceases to preach free trade,… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
Let’s begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system.… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
It is important to ensure a self-sufficient economy when we are considering future growth. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental. — Garet Garrett Copy Share Image
Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
Many people mistakenly suppose that the essence of consciousness is that of a control mechanism — John Searle Copy Share Image
Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines.… — Daniel De Leon Copy Share Image
The middle-of-the-road policy is not an economic system that can last. It is a method for the realization of socialism by installments. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“On the one side of the bus someone had spray painted: It is easier to imagine the end of the world than… — Eugene Lim Copy Share Image
Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
The number one problem in today's generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population… — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
If all money capital invests in appropriation and none in actual production, then capitalism is not long for this world. — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Thatcherites and other disciples of economic orthodoxy will argue that monetary financing is reckless. — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
