Economics Quotes

The Nigerian economy is a huge one.

— Yemi Osinbajo

The normal economic system works itself.

— James Salter

Economics is really politics in disguise.

— Hazel Henderson

This economy is on life support.

— Herman Cain

The economy must be our top priority.

— Doug Burgum

Inflation is the senility of democracies.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

Hire character. Train skill.

— Peter Schutz

If it's free put me down for two please

— Rolf Harris

Aggressors cannot wage total war without introducing Socialism.

— Ludwig von Mises

The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life.

— Sir John Richard Hicks

Anytime a culture is in economic stress, ugly things start happening.

— John Lithgow

The breakdown of the American family's having a disastrous impact on our economy.

— Marco Rubio

“Technology shapes economics, and economics shapes society.”

— Nicholas Carr

“Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.”

— David Marusek

I was tasked with putting the economy in order.

— Javier Milei

The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.

— William Greider

Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

— Ambrose Bierce

The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.

— Mike Crapo

“President Truman famously asked for a “one-armed economist” who would take a clear stand; he was sick and tired of economists who…

— Daniel Kahneman

This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy.

— Solomon Ortiz

It is no coincidence that some of America's most lethargic industries-steel, footwear, rubber, textiles-are also among the most heavily protected.

— Thomas DiLorenzo

Lets embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.

— Maria Cantwell

It is the process of evolution which identifies innovative benefits from any source and selects them on merit without prejudice

— David Landes

Capitalism is what is left when beliefs have collapsed at the level of ritual or symbolic elaboration, and all that is left…

— Mark Fisher

Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find the criminal economy, the illegal economy, but also those gray areas,…

— Loretta Napoleoni

Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to…

— Ben Bernanke

The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the…

— Bruce Babbitt

Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get…

— Sam Zell

Small businesses are vital contributors to our economy. They are the economic engine that is creating jobs, exploring innovation, and expanding opportunities…

— Allyson Schwartz

Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of…

— Mark Skousen

Most of the time, economic data is fairly benign. I don't wish to imply it is meaningless, but it is not a…

— Barry Ritholtz

“Emphasizing the ability of products to augment human capacity can help us refine what we understand as the economy. It helps us…

— César A. Hidalgo

The Occupy Wall Street collective is confused about what it wants but it wants it now! Some of the loonier demands from…

— Mike Rosen

“Economics also has to become a fundamentally monetary discipline—from the consideration of how individuals make market decisions through to our understanding of…

— Steve Keen

The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself...…

— Theda Skocpol

Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it…

— Ayn Rand

“Money has an even darker side. For although money builds universal trust between strangers, this trust is invested not in humans, communities…

— Yuval Noah Harari

We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we…

— Bev Perdue

[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the…

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz