We have to invest in people if we're going to have a country where every person can participate in our economy and… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
But waiting for 'eventually' to prove the alarmists wrong is not the wisest course of action. Unfullfillable ambitions to stifle growth will… — John H. Sununu Copy Share Image
This may be one of the real tragedies of free market capitalism gone awry. The quality of our intellectual life is declining… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
“The advertising industry's prime task is to ensure that uninformed consumers make irrational choices, thus undermining market theories that are based on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“In the social production of their existence, men inevitably enter into definite relations, which are independent of their will, namely relations of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The inhabitant of London could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea in bed, the various products of the whole earth --… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Capitalism is the only engine credible enough to generate mass wealth. I think it's imperfect, but we're stuck with it. And thank… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The more one considers the matter, the clearer it becomes that redistribution is in effect far less a redistribution of free income… — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
I'm always for lower taxes because lower taxes make people want to do things. Less burden, more fun, and economics is about… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Capitalism is going to deal itself out of existence, but before it does that, you're gonna pay $50 for a latte, because… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
“Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]” — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Economics is really about two stories. One is the story of the old economist and younger economist walking down the street, and… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time… — Pete Holiday Copy Share Image
A flourishing higher education sector is critical to a nation's economy and culture. — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
But the primary reason for wanting the dollar to become more competitive in the near future is that we may need an… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
It is true that I am one of the co-authors of 'Nudge,' and I am a behavioral economist, but it does not… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
I'd like the reader to decide if he is willing to pay minute sums for content. I'd like the economics of web… — Robert Cailliau Copy Share Image
“Anger and fear are disabling trait behaviours, instilled in the opponent with care.” — Moonn Tzu Copy Share Image
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
We need a grownup conversation about why our political economy is killing life on Earth. — Gail Bradbrook Copy Share Image
“The markets in the long run are no doubt driven by fundamental economic laws—if the United States runs a persistent trade deficit,… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states. — Kenneth Waltz Copy Share Image
People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom, so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
When I say the economy is shrinking, it's the economy of the 99%, the people who have to work for a living… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
Interestingly, human irrationality is a hot topic in economics at the moment. Behavioural economics it's called, on the cusp of economics and… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal." Even… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“It [predatory capitalism] is incapable of meeting human needs that can be expressed only in collective terms, and its concept of competitive… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“To exploit is to take undue advantage of someone else’s need, whether that be unfair wages paid or unfair prices charged. I… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“An important book for understanding the history of our economic boom & bust cycles. It's an eye-opening account of how we are… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“If you can’t defend your price by demonstrating the economic impact of your solutions, then you are destined to compete on price.” — Bob Rickert 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
I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote… — James K. Galbraith Copy Share Image
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