From the 1970s, there has been a significant change in the US economy, as planners, private and state, shifted it toward financialization… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Clearly, for capitalism to work properly we must expect some upward normalisation of interest rates at some future point, to provide greater… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
It does happen to be a historical fact that my husband served as president for eight years. And there's a lot that… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain… — Benjamin Constant Copy Share Image
Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at:… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most economics that is taught in college and universities today projects itself as a value-neutral science. This claim has always been open… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
To maintain our economic and national security, we must maximize all of our nation's energy resources, including renewable sources, alternative fuels, and… — Joe Heck Copy Share Image
Our economy creates and loses jobs every quarter in the millions. But of the net new jobs, the jobs come from small… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
People have a hard time accepting free-market economics for the same reason they have a hard time accepting evolution: it is counterintuitive.… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“We both approach the world as economists, and as economists resigned to - and sometimes even reveling in - the character defect… — Steven Landsburg Copy Share Image
“When you work hard in a job that suits your living standards, never greed for fortune because you will distract yourself from… — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, of course, just about our only solvent industry is the merchandising of death, bankrolled by our grandchildren, so that the message… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Emotional economics has given birth to theories that calm examination cannot justify. One of these is the idea that labor is being… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
In the UK what we've found is that even businesses which prided themselves already on their efficient management find that a really… — Margaret Beckett Copy Share Image
“The economic system barely functions as it is—I mean, the contemporary economic system is a complete catastrophe, an absolutely catastrophic failure. For… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Economic analysis is the first principle of Marxism. Professors who were genuine leftists would have challenged the entire economics-driven machinery of American… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
After the rise of Thatcherism, the smashing of the trade unions, and the post-cold war sense that any alternative to free-market capitalism… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Capitalism has improved the standard of living of the wage earners to an unprecedented extent. The average American family enjoys today amenities… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The Tea Party we were told is only about economics; not true. It was always about economics and social issues. They just… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
A fairly clear line separated advertisement from art. ... The first effect of the triumph of the capitalist (if we allow him… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through… — William Baldwin Copy Share Image
Firms gain comparative advantage from how good their people are. Retaining and attracting talent is a key point of competitive advantage in… — Scott Morrison Copy Share Image
The liberal reward of labor, therefore, as it is the necessary effect, so it is the natural symptom of increasing national wealth.… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?..… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
The prevailing ideology of the modern west - which is political economy - is in the doghouse. Having failed to notice atmospheric… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
The individualism of current economic theory is manifest in the purely self-interested behaviour it generally assumes. It has no real place for… — Herman E. Daly Copy Share Image
“For a writer to put his own intellectual musings, which he might sell for a low price as essays, into the mouths… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
One reason that we eat processed foods is the decline of home economics. Restarting home economics classes is one of the key… — Michael Moss Copy Share Image
You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Success and failure in our own national economy will hang upon the degree to which we are able to work with races… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
In the emerging global economy, everything is mobile: capital, factories, even entire industries. The only resource that's really rooted in a nation--and… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect;… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless:… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
Basically political economy - that you have to look at how funding structures shape the media landscape. You have to look at… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Let's be honest. The powers that be all of a sudden realize that there's a lot of money to be made from… — Paula Garces Copy Share Image