“The life of man is so short that ordinary people simply cannot afford to be born” — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
The more you find out about the world economy, the less you may truly know. — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In this new world economy, national boundaries are increasingly becoming obsolete. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Profit is proof that the capitalist has given something to society that it cherishes more than the material wealth it has given… — Johan Norberg Copy Share Image
Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically, better growth in the U.S. economy has led to larger trade deficits. — Neil Bush Copy Share Image
So my number one priority is to restore the Greek economy to an aggressive growth path. — Kyriakos Mitsotakis Copy Share Image
The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies… — Lal Bahadur Shastri Copy Share Image
The chief value of the rule lies in preventing an immediate and obvious but inferior good from replacing a longer-range, less obvious… — Ralph Raico Copy Share Image
Economics brings into full view that conflict of choice which is one of the permanent characteristics of human existence. — Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins Copy Share Image
“While economics is about how people make choice, sociology is about how they don’t have any choice to make. Bertrand Russell” — Pierre Bourdieu Copy Share Image
Mainstream economics scholarship produces theory without facts (pure theory) and facts without theory — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
The very technologies that were supposed to free up our time seem instead to be consuming it, tacking hours onto our already… — Sally Helgesen Copy Share Image
I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.]… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
After the 1970s, we accomplished economic development rapidly. But the side effect of that was high stress levels or the gap between… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
“Economists are all too often preoccupied with petty mathematical problems of interest only to themselves. This obsession with mathematics is an easy… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
The problem is that we are trying to prepare people for the new economy using a higher education system built for the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I learned to see myself and my role as a capitalist... as somebody who's trying to harness, for myself and for society,… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
As more and more people are automated out of the economy through robotics and self-driving cars and other technologies, there will be… — Tim Sweeney Copy Share Image
Today's national income statistics make it appear that Goldman Sachs is productive. As if Donald Trump plays a productive role. The aim… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“A predominantly voluntary exchange economy, on the other hand, has within it the potential to promote both prosperity and human freedom. It… — Milton Freidman Copy Share Image
When we hear (as we sometimes do) that (Russia's) economic output is about half the level of a decade ago or that… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by funding the candidate that legislates in their… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
The government - the ultimate short-term-oriented player - cannot withstand much pain in the economy or the financial markets. Bailouts and rescues… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
“The appeal to the intellectually insecure is also more important than it might seem. Because economics touches so much of life, everyone… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Fundamentally, there are only two ways of co-ordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion—the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Factory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage. — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
FACT: You CAN make money doing what you love! Even in a down economy! — Walt F. J. Goodridge Copy Share Image