Economics Quotes · Page 70

There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking.

— Will Rogers

The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being.

— Ben Bernanke

If you feel driven to feed the poor, get your checkbook out and keep your tyrannical mouth shut about it.

— Lewis Goldberg

It Is in the Agricultural Sector That the Battle for Long- Term Economic Development Will Be Won or Lost.

— Gunnar Myrdal

Survival in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error.

— Kevin Allen

The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.

— Al D'Amato

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state

— Peter L. Berger

Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful.

— Mahatma Gandhi

This may be one of the real tragedies of free market capitalism gone awry. The quality of our intellectual life is declining…

— Norah Vincent

If we need more demand in the economy then protect people in work and raise the incomes of those on low incomes…

— John McDonnell

I have the same confidence in the ability of our people to reject noxious literature as I have in their capacity to…

— William O. Douglas

The self-anointed media elite among us believe, somewhat self-servingly, that not only the act, or process of making a profit is positively…

— Lachlan Murdoch

Everything we produce and consume has an impact on the environment, on social fabrics, and on the economy. This impact can be…

— Arancha Gonzalez

Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be…

— Winnie Byanyima

The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy,…

— Richard Grasso

A vendor selling coconuts on the road is a philosopher. He will have ideas on politics, economics, history, sports. This has saved…

— Gulzar

We have to look at for example the increasing globalization of capital, the whole system of transitional capitalism now which has had…

— Angela Davis

Well the thinking is we have the highest tax rate in the world. In the entire world, we have the highest tax…

— Donald Trump

As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction,…

— Ayn Rand

I think people are really looking for some way whereby we can grow our souls rather than our economy. I think that…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal…

— SONIYA

Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The basis of political economy is noninterference. The only safe rule is found…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People and their values are almost infinitely diverse, and people will never agree on many elements of social arrangements that might be…

— Robert Higgs

There is a contradiction between market liberalism and political liberalism. The market liberals (e.g., social conservatives) of today want family values, less…

— Slavoj Žižek

No economic measure has more value for a nation than investing in a clean & sustainable low carbon future

— Phil Harding

“An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

— Ellen MacArthur

“Ecology is far more important and 'valuable' than Economy which is entirely subservient and subordinate.”

— Robert Blakemore

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

— Jeremy Paxman

Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a…

— Ayn Rand

“decisions made by economic actors (households, firms, the state) are constrained by limited information.”

— Jean Tirole

The best way to propel the economy may be to encourage different parts of the country to go their own way.

— Anand Mahindra

“We had to build an economy that worked for everyone and an inclusive society that respected everyone. We”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

We may forget it, among the glitz of the Christmas lights, but capitalism can be a profoundly moral force.

— Grant Shapps

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it.

— Ha-Joon Chang

We believe in the fundamental strength of Israel's economy and have confidence in its long-term potential.

— Ari Fleischer

When people are able to live at home, they have more disposable income. That part is good for the economy.

— John Layfield

“Education is not enough, there is a need for economic improvement for better conditions of human beings.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future.

— Wayne Swan

Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.

— Anne Roiphe