Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
France's economy is stagnant, statist, and uncompetitive and urgently needs reform. — Zanny Minton Beddoes Copy Share Image
Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We know how to build economies. It requires investment in jobs. The biggest medium-term multiplier is infrastructure. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
The idea is not to restructure the economy as much as to seize the opportunities available that we didn't address before. — Mohammad bin Salman Copy Share Image
Geoffrey Howe's Budget of 1981 is remembered for transforming the economy and delivering economic freedoms to families and businesses. — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
“We all know how 'modern democracies take loaves from the wealthy.' It's the slipups in the 'pass them out to the poor'… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Don't make a novel to establish a principle of political economy. You will spoil both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
American economy is tricky. If you stay in the game you're in a good position for the upswing. If you're not in… — Farrah Gray Copy Share Image
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. [State of the Union Address January 11 1962] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Modern economic thinking...is peculiarly unable to consider the long term and to appreciate man's dependence on the natural world. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“They aren't afraid to take risks, but they don't gamble. They are generous but not extravagant. They thrive on beauty of economics,… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“The phrase, ‘dollars to donuts’ came suddenly to mind. Because of the last several decades of hyperinflation, the phrase has been replaced… — Daniel Thorman Copy Share Image
This dilettantish inability to comprehend the essential issues of the conduct of production affairs is not only manifested in the writings of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“A fundamental insight of modern economics is that the key to the creation of wealth is a division of labor, in which… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, by forcing more and more value off the books as the world economy turns into an information economy, the ideal of… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
“The economics we need is of the "seminar room" variety, not the "rule-of-thumb" kind. It is an economics that recognizes its limitations… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image
The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The ideological blackmail that has been in place since the original Live Aid concerts in 1985 has insisted that ‘caring individuals’ could… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“Not all good works can turn a profit, but profits can be directed toward good. As Warren Buffett explains, “I’ve worked in… — William D. Eggers Copy Share Image
I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“The justification of capitalism is not that the economy grows faster than it grows under any other system ... not that the… — M. Northrup Buechner Copy Share Image
Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Economics itself offers a parallel that explains why this integration affects creativity. Clay Christensen has written about the “Innovator’s Dilemma”: the fact… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
What we need to do first is to find out how big the migration problem is and what the economic consequences of… — Ernesto Zedillo Copy Share Image
“Consequently, even many critics of economic inequality are hesitant to endorse the claim that inequality undermines growth. Paul Krugman, for instance, says… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts. — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
I believe in conscientious capitalism; that's a kind of driving force with me. — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
In economics, it is easier to agree on the data than to agree on causality. — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image