One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm. — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
There was a moment when the Berlin Wall came down and some people felt, "Oh capitalism won. That's the ideology we can… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary. — Steven Landsburg Copy Share Image
People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period. — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
A global economy that is levering up, while unable to generate enough aggregate demand to achieve potential growth, is on a risky… — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
Microeconomics is the study of how specific choices made by businesses, consumers and governments affect the markets for different goods and services.… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and,… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The arts community is generally dominated by liberals because if you are concerned mainly with painting or sculpture, you don't have time… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I think it's fairly easy to provide a moral defense of capitalism. It has been - over the last 200 years -… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Those who have contributed great positive innovations to our society, from the pioneers of genetic understanding to the pioneers of the Information… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
As long as women and the "feminine" such as caring and caregiving are devalued, we cannot realistically expect more caring economic policies.… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I don't know much about Capitalism, but I do know about Democracy and freedom, and if Capitalism may change in many, many… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
By the way on economics, South Carolina is an example to the country of what we should be doing as Americans. This… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
The economic system that the United States has is an evil empire. It's an economic system that's not fair, not just, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Without exception all political parties promise their supporters a higher real income. There is no difference in this respect between nationalists and… — Ludwig Von Mises Copy Share Image
I believe that capitalism, at least how it's used by major corporations, and environmental concerns are in opposition. To be ecologically aware,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The Occupy Wall Street collective is confused about what it wants but it wants it now! Some of the loonier demands from… — Mike Rosen Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“It is wonderful what an insight into domestic economy being really hard up gives one.” — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Trade is good for the economy. Trade creates growth. The problem is that it creates growth but it does not think about… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
“Our economy now rewards artists far more than any other economy in history ever has.” — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world. — John Carlin Copy Share Image
Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each other and people aren't honest, if a deal… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
But part of the job of economics is weeding out errors. That is much harder than making them, but also more fun. — Robert Solow Copy Share Image
Economics has been called the dismal science. Once you get to understand it, you may not find it so dismal, but you… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Sometimes if your only approach is cutting spending at a time when the economy's contracting, then the economy will contract further. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the… — Jason Chaffetz Copy Share Image
We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
An economy can survive with 10% of the population insolation. It can't survive when 50% of the population is in isolation. — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
