If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“Is it not possible for the economy of a city to be highly efficient, and for the city also to excel at… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
A land ethic for tomorrow should...stress the oneness of our resources and the live-and-help-live logic of the great chain of life. — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages. — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make… — Maria Cantwell Copy Share Image
“The traditional, correct pre-Marxist view on exploitation was that of radical laissez-faire liberalism as espoused by, for instance, Charles Comte and Charles… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political… — Carl Menger Copy Share Image
To ensure stable and sustainable economic growth, world leaders must re-examine the international rules of the monetary game, with advanced and emerging… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
I thought that biology and macro economies, especially, was fairly related between the systems level, and so I graduated the university with… — Arvind Gupta Copy Share Image
The New Capitalism (arising from the global economic downturn)...those running our biggest commercial businesses will have to be more visible. They'll have… — Robert Peston Copy Share Image
“general observation for joining the ranks of winners in our economy: If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
Early in the Obama administration, our economic team faced intense pressure to go down the road of coercive capitalism. — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep their wealth only as… — George Gilder 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
“Arbitrary limits on deficits and debt hinder a nation’s development. Austerity for the sake of balanced budgets or for the sake of… — L. Randall Wray Yeva Nersisyan Copy Share Image
“When the solution to a given problem doesn’t lay right before our eyes, it is easy to assume that no solution exists.… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
If it turns out that global warming and ocean acidification are consequences of capitalism's carbon-based energy system, the entire world could end… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Ohio's small businesses create jobs and keep our economy moving forward. — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
Our real interest starts with our neighbors... the future is about regional economies. — Jean Charest Copy Share Image
We have to make our economy work for everyone - not just those at the top - protecting our country and protecting… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed,… — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
I suspected economics was irredeemable as a policy tool for citizens groups. I saw economics lead its practitioners and citizens alike into… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
Marx's theory that only capitalists benefit from capitalism and workers are exploited was completely wrong. Nothing could have been further from the… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The ultimate credo of capitalism is to exploit people. It's not like this is just an incidental problem; it's inherent in the… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
“History, practical experience, common sense and economic theory all agree: economic competition is probably one of the greatest ideas humans ever came… — Michele Boldrin Copy Share Image
The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“In the lean approach, companies are taught that prices are set by the market and that one way to improve profit margin… — Mark Graban Copy Share Image
I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.]… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Economics was like psychology, a pseudoscience trying to hide that fact with intense theoretical hyperelaboration. And gross domestic product was one of… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
As we move forward we have a responsibility to build an economy that works for everyone. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The philosophy commonly called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We need to reach the millions who live in cities, the hundreds of thousands in industrial centers, the tens of thousands in… — Eberhard Arnold 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