Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The world economy is in a nosedive, and understanding what I call "depression economics" - the weird world you get into when… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Corporations don't create jobs, customers do. So when all the economic gains go to the top, as they're doing now, the vast… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
At least half of the popular fallacies about economics come from assuming that economic activity is a zero-sum game, in which what… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks of economics whether he is aware of it or not. In joining a political party or in casting his ballot,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There are some things in the world we can't change- gravity, entropy, the speed of light, and our biological nature that requires… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Modern society is incredibly complex, complex even beyond human comprehension, if we grant its premises—property, "production for the sake of production," competition,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you are an expert in modern economics, then you are an expert in smoke and mirrors, because that's what modern economics… — The Free World Charter Copy Share Image
We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I had a history teacher who taught us a lot about the Cold War. You had these examples of countries where the… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
The biggest lie of all is that capitalism is democracy. We have no way of understanding democracy outside of the market, just… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her… — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
A historic investment in jobs, debt-free college, profit sharing, making those at the top pay their fair share, putting families first in… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
How do you measure whether or not a strategy of economic growth that is articulated by a very smart, capable economist actually… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“So much barbarism, however, still remains in the transactions of most civilized nations, that almost all independent countries choose to assert their… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
On the silver screen, capitalists are usually vilified as greedy and heartless, while statists of every stripe are depicted as selfless, romantic… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
“Goods are traded, but services are consumed and produced in the same place. And you cannot export a haircut. But we are… — Thomas L. Friedman Copy Share Image
We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy… — Franklin Raines Copy Share Image
In a high tech world the cure for the tragic shortcomings and perilous fallacies of human intuition is education, but education in… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The reigning economic system is a vicious circle of isolation. Its technologies are based on isolation, and they contribute to that same… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
There is no other proposition in economics that has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis... In the… — Michael Jensen Copy Share Image
For society, the Internet is wonderful, but for capitalists, it will be a net negative. It will increase efficiency, but lots of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
I want the largest audience I can get, because that's how I can charge the highest advertising rate. Which means what else… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Experience shows that nothing is operated with less economy and with more waste of labor and material of every kind than public… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics.… — Clara Zetkin Copy Share Image
The problems that ail the U.S. economy and American society are one and the same: Both consume too much and refuse to… — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
“Capitalism is not merely a system for the efficient production and distribution of goods and services; it also incarnates and promotes a… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
My master's was in economics, and my Ph.D. was in philosophy, and I became a professor at USP. But after three years,… — Fernando Haddad Copy Share Image
To those critics who see capitalism as a system of inegalitarian, oppressive structures, its defenders have vaunted its ability to recognize and… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
