So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
A sense of thrift is essential to success in business. The businessman must discipline himself to practice economy whenever possible, in his… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
One of President Obama's winning points last night was about how sanctions against Iran are crippling their economy. And believe me, if… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Every nation on the Earth that embraces market economics and the free enterprise system is pulling millions of its people out of… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I went to college as an economics major because that was the easiest major that could still please your Asian parents, and… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
Industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The justification of capitalism is not that the economy grows faster than it grows under any other system ... not that the… — M. Northrup Buechner Copy Share Image
Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Economics itself offers a parallel that explains why this integration affects creativity. Clay Christensen has written about the “Innovator’s Dilemma”: the fact… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“The oldest problem in economic education is how to exclude the incompetent. A certain glib mastery of verbiage-the ability to speak portentously… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
[M]any females would, even assuming complete economic equality between the sexes, prefer residing with males or peddling their asses on the street,… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
“Short-termism also dominates in the marketplace. The market uses a discount rate of 10% per year (or more) when comparing costs now… — Jørgen Randers Copy Share Image
…the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers.… — Patricio Aylwin Copy Share Image
I have concluded that most PhD economists under appraise the power of the common-stock-based "wealth effect," under current extreme conditions... "Wealth effects"… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“And that's just the beginning. More and more, conventional wisdom says that the responsible thing is to make the unemployed suffer. And… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
To the extent that hiring in high-wage, developed economies continues to lag, the sustainability of any impetus to private consumption can be… — Stephen S. Roach Copy Share Image
The consequences for human welfare involved in questions about human capital spillovers are simply staggering. Once one starts to think about them,… — Robert Lucas, Jr Copy Share Image
Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
In a system of capitalism, as people's wealth rises, the financial incentive to serve them rises. As their wealth falls, the financial… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
When making choices, or setting policies about the economy, education or medicine, society is best served by electing people who are particularly… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Since the inauguration of Mr. Lee Myung-bak, I was very much disappointed with his politics and policies. Not only in economics, but… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
My high school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, showed me that anything is possible and that you're never too young to… — Clara Shih Copy Share Image
A society which is clamoring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
While I am a capitalist at heart and I have no problems with commercialization as such, I believe that while it's okay… — Chetan Bhagat Copy Share Image
It's because finance is so baffling that makes being an economist such a safe option. It nestles down comfortably with psychiatry and… — Dominic Holland Copy Share Image
most economists, like doctors, are reluctant to make predictions, and those who make them are seldom accurate. The economy, like the human… — Alice Rivlin Copy Share Image
The self-anointed media elite among us believe, somewhat self-servingly, that not only the act, or process of making a profit is positively… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
What we shouldn't be doing is trying to take away your rights to bargain for better wages or working conditions... These so-called… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are conditioned to be consumers since birth. I still think it's kind of incumbent on us as consumers to know the… — Andi Zeisler Copy Share Image
Capitalism saved the world, and there is even a heretical theory now, moving up from the level of individuals to countries: countries… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Economics has increasingly become the science of human behavior in general, and it's all the more unlikely to think that it can… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a free market system is that it does not care what color people are; it does not care… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In Burma, economic engagement enriches the regime, as the economy is controlled by the regime. Economic engagement benefits this elite, not ordinary… — Zoya Phan Copy Share Image
We don't want to tell young girls and boys that the odds are stacked against them from the start. Instead, we could… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Every year the progress of advanced capitalist society makes our population consist of more and more isolates. This is because of the… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
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