At its heart, this book touches on a mystery of economics: what exactly is happening in our world, and why does it… — Nicholas Blincoe Copy Share Image
The redistribution of wealth creates dependence on the people to whom it is redistributed, it doesn't incentivize them to create their own… — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
The monetary managers are fond of telling us that they have substituted 'responsible money management' for the gold standard. But there is… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
“As Adam Smith argued more than two centuries ago, when individuals freely pursue their own self-interests—presumably, even their most trivial desires—the aggregate… — Paul Roberts Copy Share Image
In a healthy economy, empowering, sustaining and efficiency innovations operate in balance. A healthy economy creates and sustains more jobs before squeezing… — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
The transformation of capitalism is unstoppable because we need limits on resources for humans to survive. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
When you take away the subsistence economy, then your farm population is seriously exposed to the vagaries of the larger economy. As… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
If you're going to have a free economy, one in which the ordinary citizen can dispose of his own income, you're going… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
There exists no third principle for the organisation of the economics process which can be rationally chosen to achieve any desirable ends,… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests. — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation. — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Rosamond, accustomed from her childhood to an extravagant household, thought that good housekeeping consisted simply in ordering the best of everything––nothing else… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our… — Janet Holmes a Court Copy Share Image
In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country is dominated by drug economy and… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“This points to a nagging and important question about free-market ideologues: Are they ‘true believers’, driven by ideology and faith that free… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth. — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
