If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
I'm not a great consumer. I always ask myself, 'Do I really need that piece?' I have friends who have 300 pairs… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies,… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller… — Judd Gregg Copy Share Image
I think the biggest reason otherwise radical people don't want to face the necessity of ending industrial civilization is privilege. We're the… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers - those people ride a… — Wolfgang Sachs Copy Share Image
We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier… — Blanche Barton Copy Share Image
Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When you're working in the business and you are genuinely trying to do what's right for consumers, and you're trying to genuinely… — Ian McLeod Copy Share Image
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I'm capping greenhouse gases,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill… — Michael K. Powell Copy Share Image
Letting the free market do whatever it wants. That's not been historically how we grow. We have to invest in education, in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Who can keep us from recreating our life as we would like it to be-as it could, and should be? No one… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
Nerdists, unlike nerds, tend to be creators as much as consumers. They're creative consumers. — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
In the 1960s, if you introduced a new product to America, 90% of the people who viewed it for the first time… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I think that one of the visions that is closest to reality is the cardboard city in the subway station in Tokyo,… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
We are all consumers of wildlife. We may not realize it but there's probably something in your home or something you own… — Allen Crawford Copy Share Image
The great virtue of free enterprise is that it forces existing businesses to meet the test of the market continuously, to produce… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off… — Matt Mickiewicz Copy Share Image
The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with… — David I. Rozenberg Copy Share Image
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