The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
(Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
You have to motivate people to take almost certain failure to get a small amount of success, which has driven our economy… — Edward Conard Copy Share Image
I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa. — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our biggest challenge is to eliminate the popular perception that economists don't have anything useful to say. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
The idea of applying psychology or behavioural sciences to communication is not a new one. It's very old behavioural economics. If it… — Alexander Nix Copy Share Image
People tend to be clueless about prices. Contrary to economic theory, we don't really decide between A and B by consulting our… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Everyone's lost a lot of money on their 401k plans. I've heard some people calling them 201k plans. So it's even more… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Globalization is a bottom-up phenomenon with all actions initiated by milions of individuals, the sum total of which is globalization. No one… — John Naisbitt Copy Share Image
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
We survived the 1980's. Back then, the economic program was called 'trickle down.' That actually meant they were pissing on you. How… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Or how does it happen that trade, which after all is nothing more than the exchange of products of various individuals and… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Unless the fundamental categories of economics such as 'property' were to be redefined in a radically personal way the liberal rationalist curse… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The democratic ideal springs from the ideas of liberty, equality, majority rule through free elections, protection of the rights of minorities, and… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“You might be interested in his economic philosophy, Mr. Mason. He believed men attached too much importance to money as such. He… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is driving the world back to… — Felipe Fernández-Armesto Copy Share Image
Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power. — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Capitalism has socialized production. It has brought thousands of people together in the factory and involved them in new social relationships. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
In a true free market economy, you can't make yourself rich without enriching your community. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“When distance and convenience sets in; the small, the various and the personal wither away.” — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The challenges some European economies have are such that it makes it very difficult for them. You have to go where the… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
That is why I believe that art is so much more significant than either economics or philosophy. It is the direct measure… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
Commercial organisations that operate responsibly have benefitted by increased revenues of 682% compared to 166% for those that don't — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
When you see celebrities say, 'I hope the economy bottoms out to get rid of Trump,' I think that helps Trump. — Stephanie Ruhle Copy Share Image
First of all, the majority of us, regardless of what we may say, are capitalists. That is, we practice it, it's what… — Tripp York Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
The much-maligned price system works not only to secure supply but to conserve. [...] Profits and prices are the street signs of… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not, — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As much wisdom may be expended on a private economy as on an empire, and as much wisdom may be drawn from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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