What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
“New Dealers always seemed to be comparing actual capitalism with ideal government. They judged capitalism by its apparent effects and government by… — Jim Powell Copy Share Image
It's the behaviour of your company and its people that form your reputation, and your reputation is your brand — Dave Allen Copy Share Image
The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“If economics were only about profit maximization, it would be just another name for business administration. It is a social discipline, and… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
Like nature, our economic system remains, in the long run, stable and rational...We welcome the inevitable seasons of our economy! How foolish… — Jerzy Kosinski Copy Share Image
I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton… — Wayne Allard Copy Share Image
“In addition to the human suffering that comes with the current way of working, the opportunity cost of the value that we… — Gene Kim Copy Share Image
When it gets into these spikes, with shortages and uproar and so forth, people go bananas, but that's capitalism. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Keynes eliminated economic theory's ancient role as spoilsport for inflationist and statist schemes, leading a new generation of economists on to academic… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders… — Gary Becker Copy Share Image
I have kids in high school that don't know how to balance a checkbook. We need to have that fundamental understanding of… — Linda McMahon Copy Share Image
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism… — Sir Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels… — Paul Krugman 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
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
The always-on economy, by definition, depends upon continuous energy. — Charles Platt Copy Share Image
