The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Despite the miracles of capitalism, it doesn't do well in popularity polls. One of the reasons is that capitalism is always evaluated… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“Poincaré’s phase space viewpoint has proved to be so useful that nowadays you’ll find it in every area of science – and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's always a mismatch. I mean, you know, as the economy evolves, it reallocates resources. Now, the real problem, in my view,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Contemporary capitalism brings everything we do, touch, and are, increasingly under the imperative for profit, causing incessant change with little regard for… — Ronald Aronson Copy Share Image
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I felt completely ready to become prime minister. I came to office better equipped, in terms of knowledge of economics and of… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
“At the same time, however, the necessity for economic change in our countries has led us to conceive laws and accept traditions… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust.… — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
“Bankruptcy cleans out the system. What’s wrong with that? South Korea went through this in the late 1990s. They didn’t have anyone… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“Some economists have estimated that the NRA boosted the cost of doing business by an average of 40 percent — not something… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The moral spectacle of capitalism still offends, as does American capitalism's implacable insistence that the market determine value even in the political,… — William Pfaff Copy Share Image
It is no contradiction - the most important single thing we can do to stimulate investment in today's economy is to raise… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
The tech-driven economy leads to a two-tier job market where workers are either critical or 'commodity.' This divisive 'winner-take-all' mentality hurts most… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
I began my career as an economics professor but became frustrated because the economic theories I taught in the classroom didn't have… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a businessman, I just wanted to change the world — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Our daily habits of driving, drilling, buying and supporting all of the economic benefits a free economy demands has cost us dearly,… — Amy J. Berg Copy Share Image
Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Born Virginia Marshall but nicknamed Gig, my mother was a home economics teacher who had come all the way across the whole… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
