Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first-… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently… — William Greider Copy Share Image
Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats - the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms - while the field hands… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Our history has shown us that the strongest growth in our economy is inclusive, broad-based growth. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The New Deal saved capitalism - saved it from the big-time capitalists - though many of the big-timers didn't see it that… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow. — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
A more humane form of capitalism is about the best I think we can get. Which might sound very reformist or conservative,… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly,… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Even the poor student studies and is taught only political economy, while that economy of living which is synonymous with philosophy is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The science called ‘economics’ is based on an initial act of abstraction that consists in dissociating a particular category of practices, or… — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
“Economic theory would tell you that a rational person would take the thirty dollars every time. Forget the other party, the decision… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting.… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Rarely has a collection of essays from a dozen scholars created a whole greater than the sum of its parts, but Capitalism… — Joyce Appleby Copy Share Image
The world economy is not yet a community--not even an economic community...Yet the existence of the "global shopping center" is a fact… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
It had been held that the economic system, any capitalist system, found its equilibrium at full employment. Left to itself, it was… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“That we live now in an economy that is not sustainable is not the fault only of a few mongers of power… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
When you look at any experimental work not directly related to economics, but trying to test rational behavior in other ways, experiments… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
“It is a curious thought that the earliest description of the steam-engine in antiquity describes its use for the magic opening of… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
“That economics has a considerable conceptual apparatus with an appropriate terminology can not be a serious ground for complaint. Economic phenomena, ideas,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“In a society in which nearly everybody is dominated by somebody else's mind or by a disembodied mind, it becomes increasingly difficult… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
The economy is just a metaphorical device, it’s not real. That's why it's got the word con in it. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation. — Spencer Abraham Copy Share Image
Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support. — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry. — Isaac Hanson Copy Share Image
An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor. — Sonia Gandhi Copy Share Image
America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
When you do business, you have to depend on other countries. This is the global economy. — Stan Shih Copy Share Image
Everybody is tweeting from work. No wondering why the world economy is going down the drain. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The rate of profit... is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
We need to find a balance between protecting our local economies while pursuing the longer-term goal of producing clean, affordable and reliable… — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
