“capitalism is for Karatani not a ‘pure’ reign of B, but a triad (or, rather, a Borromean knot) of nation–state–capital: nation as… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“A good economic system should therefore also have the property of producing “good human beings.” In this respect, capitalism is not considered… — Giacomo Corneo Copy Share Image
“I am an economic nationalist. To me, the country comes before the economy; and the economy exists for the people. I believe… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
In an economy where public spending is extremely important, the governments must spend, they must spend more but at the same time… — Arun Jaitley Copy Share Image
Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
All my economic ideas as developed over twenty-five years can be summed up in the words: agricultural-industrial federation. All my political ideas… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as ‘parasites’ fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is… — Jason Read Copy Share Image
Economic growth is the aggregate effect of the quest to accumulate capital and extract profit. Capitalism collapses without growth, yet perpetual growth… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
“Economics ought to be a magpie discipline, taking in philosophy, history and politics. But heterodox approaches have long since been banished from… — Aditya Chakrabortty Copy Share Image
“The capitalist mind perceives the world purely in terms of material resources to be used for its benefit, to increase productivity and… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
“A core human trait is to cooperate, at the core of our economics is to compete in order to have: to have… — Steve Carlsson Copy Share Image
Here's what I do believe very strongly: that once capitalism comes into existence, once it creates this mythology of a stingy nature,… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal… — SONIYA Copy Share Image
The author brings to the table a healthy skepticism of the conventional wisdom, an admirable ability to separate fact from fancy, and… — Alan Abelson Copy Share Image
Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The economy has settled into a sustainable, self-reinforcing growth path, .. All major categories of the economy have contributed to economic growth.… — Sung Won Sohn Copy Share Image
The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In keeping Americans ill-educated, ill-informed and constitutionally ignorant, the education establishment has been the politician's major and most faithful partner. It is… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, by forcing more and more value off the books as the world economy turns into an information economy, the ideal of… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
“The economics we need is of the "seminar room" variety, not the "rule-of-thumb" kind. It is an economics that recognizes its limitations… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
“The phrase, ‘dollars to donuts’ came suddenly to mind. Because of the last several decades of hyperinflation, the phrase has been replaced… — Daniel Thorman Copy Share Image
The orthodox doctrines of economics which were dominant in the last quarter of the nineteenth century had a clear message. They supported… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
“They aren't afraid to take risks, but they don't gamble. They are generous but not extravagant. They thrive on beauty of economics,… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“A fundamental insight of modern economics is that the key to the creation of wealth is a division of labor, in which… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
This dilettantish inability to comprehend the essential issues of the conduct of production affairs is not only manifested in the writings of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
An overheating economy, characterized by accelerating inflation and rising interest rates, is another precondition for recession. This doesn't describe today's economy. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
What both the state and the capitalist economy oppose is an understanding of what might be called "the true nature of things"… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public… — Joan Konner Copy Share Image
The fear of capitalism has compelled socialism to widen freedom, and the fear of socialism has compelled capitalism to increase equality. East… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Good businesses are the lifeblood of the economy. But, as responsible business people up and down the country know, the system too… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
“One should attend carefully to the fear and desperation of the powerful. They understand very well the potential reach of the "ultimate… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
This question of legal plunder must be settled once and for all, and there are only three ways to settle it: (1)… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go… — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
All of the economic signals in the marketplace are essentially subsidizing the use of dirty fossil fuels and penalizing clean energy. There's… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
I would consider myself simply a critic of the market economy. My standard isn't primarily political. First of all, it's ecological. And… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image