Economics Quotes · Page 293

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

“Anger and fear are disabling trait behaviours, instilled in the opponent with care.”

— Moonn Tzu

It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return…

— David Ricardo

We need a grownup conversation about why our political economy is killing life on Earth.

— Gail Bradbrook

“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

Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states.

— Kenneth Waltz

People at the top spend less money than those at the bottom, so when you have redistribution toward the top, aggregate demand…

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

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

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

Unfortunately, once an economy is geared to expansion, the means rapidly turn into an end and "the going becomes the goal." Even…

— Lewis Mumford

“It [predatory capitalism] is incapable of meeting human needs that can be expressed only in collective terms, and its concept of competitive…

— Noam Chomsky

“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

We capitalists? We want transparency.

— Trish Regan

“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

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

“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

Those who have contributed great positive innovations to our society, from the pioneers of genetic understanding to the pioneers of the Information…

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

It is clear that the economy has not gotten better for everyone.

— Jerry Costello

“The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves…

— Alan Beattie

So science alone cannot solve this problem [mass extinction of humans]. It's something that we can only tackle by bringing science together…

— Annalee Newitz

As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific.

— Ludwig von Mises

In [great mathematics] there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy.

— G. H. Hardy

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.

— Ludwig von Mises