We need to move beyond the demonisation of overpaid traders ... In finance and economics, ill-designed policy is a more powerful force… — Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell Copy Share Image
“Americans mythologize competition and credit it with saving us from socialist bread lines. Actually, capitalism and competition are opposites. Capitalism is premised… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils. It undermines the virtues necessary for the support of the social system,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
The mischievous idea that all public needs should be satisfied by compulsory organization and that all the means that individuals are willing… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I'm always for lower taxes because lower taxes make people want to do things. Less burden, more fun, and economics is about… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
“Connections change too. Who's the capitalist, who's the proletarian. Who's on the right, who's on the left. The information revolution, stock options,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In 2008 we suffered an economic catastrophe, and the rules of the game fundamentally changed forever. A few years ago, you might… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
“All of us—employers, parents, schools, government agencies, and interns themselves—are complicit in the devaluing of work, the exacerbation of social inequality, and… — Ross Perlin Copy Share Image
The scientific world, the materialistic world, the world of commerce, the world of business, the world of individualism, the world of capitalism,… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
“One cannot understand an economy without researching the activities of all its participants, and the process through which they are born, taught,… — Hill Gates Copy Share Image
The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Money is money.Whether it's a euro or a dollar it's money.Without money you can't not do anything. If you have no money… — Bryan N De Bruin Copy Share Image
Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capitalism is established; in which the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
There is a pressing need to integrate the study of international economics with the study of international politics to deepen our comprehension… — Robert Gilpin Copy Share Image
Over the past 7 years, we've tried to modernize the economy, and today what we're doing is modernizing the financial services industry,… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
To expect to increase prices and then to maintain them at a higher level by means of a plan which must of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“This practically unlimited supply of advertisers in a fluid marketplace appears to be a new economic model that may insulate Google from… — Jeff Jarvis Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Marxian Socialism or state Capitalism, no doubt is the irrefutable paragon of what is a coveting and thus corrupt disposition. For Whatmore… — Daryavesh Rothmensch Copy Share Image
To build more human economies in Africa, governments must be far more strategic, wise, and forward-looking in their expenditure and build diverse… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Let us remember that the automatic machine is the precise economic equivalent of slave labor. Any labor which competes with slave labor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing... so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It seems that neither the Keynesian nor the Marxian prognosis of the future of capitalism is being fulfilled and we are left… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Business is the economic engine of our Western culture, and if it could be transformed to truly serve nature as well as… — Karl-Henrik Robert Copy Share Image
There is also a concern that there is a lack of demand of oil. And so when commodity prices fall, it's good… — David Wessel Copy Share Image
“Today, much of the global economy is based on debt and confidence. As long as we all keep holding hands and no… — Robert T. Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
All the evils, abuses, and iniquities, popularly ascribed to businessmen and to capitalism, were not caused by an unregulated economy or by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Having never taken a business class, the economics of restaurants scared me. I opened Chipotle with the idea that I could step… — Steve Ells Copy Share Image
As there are so many who talk prose without knowing it, or, again, who syllogize without having the least idea what a… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“We shall not reduce economic ties but, if our Western partners make that mistake, intensive work in other markets will reduce the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's a message of economic nationalism. It's obviously one that has bubbled up before in certain pockets, but it's never… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image
When the economy is still struggling, putting people back to work, finding ways to spur economic activity, ultimately can help to reduce… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whereas economic man maximises, selects the best alternative from among all those available to him, his cousin, administrative man, satisfices, looks for… — Herbert A. Simon Copy Share Image