What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No,… — Edward Carpenter Copy Share Image
Companies and capital operate internationally, often beyond the economic reach of any particular nation-state. People are pretty global, too, living lives that… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
What makes it [economics] most fascinating is that its fundamental principles are so simple that they can be written on one page,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
I think - something I learned recently looking up the meaning of ideology. If you look in American encyclopedias, it says, you… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
My background is around economics and finance; yet, of course, in professional services, talent is key. And for many of our clients,… — Pierre Nanterme Copy Share Image
“A fairly clear line separated advertisement from art. The First Effect I should say the first effect of the triumph of the… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Both political parties have moved to the right during the neoliberal period. Today’s New Democrats are pretty much what used to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“My core argument is that most assessments of the Internet fail to ground it in political economy; they fail to understand the… — Robert W. McChesney Copy Share Image
Every high school and college graduate in America should, I think, have some familiarity with statistics, economics and a foreign language such… — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
“It was the American middle class. No one's house cost more than two or three year's salary, and I doubt the spread… — Michael Francis Moore Copy Share Image
“It was the task of industrial society to destroy all of that. All that "community" implies -- self-sufficiency, mutual aid, morality in… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
“Therefore it is not arrogance or narrow-mindedness that leads the economist to discuss these things from the standpoint of economics. No one,… — Ludwig Von Mises Copy Share Image
I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day when being called 'another Monica Lewinsky' refers to the hard work behind a master's degree in… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to -… — Paul Gilding Copy Share Image
Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
... often analysis seems to be based on the assumption that future economic output is almost entirely determined by inexorable economic forces… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill… — Chris Ware Copy Share Image
The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but --… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have earned their… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The inscrutability [of economics] is perhaps not unintentional. It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
I had always assumed that people were interested in economic affairs, just as I was. My assumption was justified. The times caught… — Sylvia Porter Copy Share Image
“A sacred way of life connects us to the people and places around us. That means that a sacred economy must be… — Juliana Birnbaum Fox Copy Share Image
I am convinced that both markets and free trade are good, but the traditional answer that we give to students to explain… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I'm a small businessman and I'm well aware of the uncertainties of the economy, exactly what the 'inflationary spiral' means when I'm… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I believe in pan-Africanism. This means that in many things - the judiciary, sports, economics and trade - we want Africanism to… — Fela Kuti Copy Share Image
I know there's similar dissatisfaction in America. There's a lot of white people who come from blue collar backgrounds and who feel… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
All economies are structured differently - the tax systems, the regulatory systems, the federal systems - and that is as true of… — Scott Morrison Copy Share Image
Just as a poetic discussion of the weather is not meteorology, so an issuance of moral pronouncements or political creeds about the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. ... If it leads to improving… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Poor decision making in government; the tragedy of short-term economic thinking; our national housing crisis: these are real 21st Century problems for… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We have to invest in people if we're going to have a country where every person can participate in our economy and… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
The system of capitalism, of the market economy, is a system of freedom, of justice, of productivity. But these three virtues cannot… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
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“Businesses are great structures for managing big projects. It’s like trying to develop the ability to walk without developing a skeleton. Once… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image