No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
I believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name. — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
The metal of economic theory is in Marx's pages immersed in such a wealth of steaming phrases as to acquire a temperature… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
I live my life through the prism of capitalism and physiological limits and eventualities. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Companies not interested in sustainable development issues will not survive long — Malcolm Brinded Copy Share Image
Any allegation of runaway capitalism has to be tempered by the observation that today we have the largest public sectors and the… — Johan Norberg Copy Share Image
In their pursuit of growth and diversification, African economies should consider transforming the discourse from a focus on industrialisation to a broader… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky to be able to work in print and radio. I'm very lucky to be able to work at a… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
“We preach about capitalism and the beauty of unfettered market forces determining price--but not when it comes to gas. When it comes… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The reductionist measure of yield is to agriculture systems, what GDP is to economic systems. It is time to move from measuring… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. ... If it leads to improving… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
There is economics in biology, nothing is free, everything has to be paid for, there are costs as well as benefits to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Western societies which espouse free market capitalism survive by the pursuit of greed and, in their own way, like Communism, throw… — Davis McCaughey Copy Share Image
I think the biggest challenge and the biggest uncertainty for everyone is the economy. — Don Iveson Copy Share Image
I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the… — Michael Burry Copy Share Image
“In a system of full capitalism, there should be (but, historically, has not yet been) a complete separation of state and economics,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“After 1908, and especially after 1945, capitalist greed was somewhat reined in, not least due to the fear of Communism. Yet inequities… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy. — Alistair Darling Copy Share Image
Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Movements have narratives. They tell stories, because they are not just about rearranging economics and politics. They also rearrange meaning. And they're… — Marshall Ganz Copy Share Image
When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite. — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
The average American family head will be forced to do twenty years' labor to pay taxes in his or her lifetime. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism,… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
The economy may be complex, but Americans understand that the Wall Street banks control an outsized portion of the economy and that… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is my guiding confession that I believe the greatest error in economics is in seeing the economy as a stable, immutable… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“To remain valuable in our economy, therefore, you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things. This task requires deep work.” — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
The cash register did more for human morality than the Congregational Church. It was a really powerful phenomenon to make an economic… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
Cost-effective, attractive to business partners, environmentally friendly, easy access to a wide range of guidance and support - it makes good business… — Elliot Morley Copy Share Image
I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as, roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do… — Lars Peter Hansen Copy Share Image
[Economists' advice] is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Look, America is no more a democracy than Russia is a Communist state. The governments of the U.S. and Russia are practically… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Economic freedom has no security without political freedom, and political freedom can find its security only in economic freedom. — Eugen Richter Copy Share Image