In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective. — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
The economics of setting up a new restaurant are scary in good times and terrifying in bad ones. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“Be they pharaohs or freeholders, barons or farmers, landowners have been the most capable, most intrepid, and most assertive members of civilized… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
There was a moment when the Berlin Wall came down and some people felt, "Oh capitalism won. That's the ideology we can… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
One out of every 12 jobs in the economy is connected in some way, shape or form to what happens on the farm. — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary. — Steven Landsburg Copy Share Image
As a former economy minister, I can't not think about economic growth. The central bank should also think about this but through… — Elvira Nabiullina Copy Share Image
In the richest country in the history of the world, this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
It's the aspirations that capitalism is promoting as beautiful, positive attributes that are dangerous. All that is in the bedrooms of the… — John Hillcoat Copy Share Image
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in… — Mona Sutphen Copy Share Image
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the… — Jim Hunt Copy Share Image
In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Private equity funds a substantial amount of new businesses and is the source of capital to rejuvenate failing businesses, which are major… — N. Robert Hammer Copy Share Image
In a free market capitalist system, 'price signals' are everything. Prices are determined by buyers and sellers in the free market, and… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
The President also talked at length about how well the American economy is doing. Apparently, he got his information on this topic… — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
I'm very primitive in terms of economics. The kind of new business in which stock gets more valuable because the company grows,… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“The most important one was the belief, which went back to Lenin, that capitalists would never be able to cooperate with one… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
“The notion, a debatable one, is that the man who knows the problems necessarily knows the answers. This book has not been… — Fred Schwed Jr Copy Share Image
“Feminists know that if women are paid equal wages for equal work, women will gain sexual as well as economic independence. But… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The economy has definitely been improving, and things like the stock market are doing better, but the economy has to be good… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
“seemed to be turning Egypt from a poor and lethargic economy into an exemplary developmental case study. The country's economy grew at… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more evident than that modern capitalism is just as subversive as Marxism. The materialistic view of life on which both… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“When economic imbalances became extreme, the lack of equilibrium and viability could threaten social and political order.” — Joshua A. Berman Copy Share Image
“And entrepreneurship is a risky and heroic activity, necessary for growth or even the mere survival of the economy.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Capitalism, simply put, is where the poor are an asset to the rich, and the rich are a liability to the poor. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“When we think about an economic problem, the first answer that occurs to us is not always the correct one.” — Jean Tirole Copy Share Image
Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
How much there is I want to do! I always feel that I haven't time to accomplish what I wish. I want… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
The only solution to the contradictions of capitalism entails the abolition of wage labour. — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Separatism is a very healthy movement within culture. It's a disastrous movement within politics and economics. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
...course titles and even course descriptions often fail to reveal what is actually taught (much less learned)... — F. M. Scherer Copy Share Image
Economic freedom has no security without political freedom, and political freedom can find its security only in economic freedom. — Eugen Richter Copy Share Image
We must create policies that promote creativity, innovation and can adapt to today's changing, dynamic economy. — Young Kim Copy Share Image
The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes. — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
“In some sectors of the economy at least, the traditional importance attached to age and hierarchy is beginning to break down.” — Daniel Tudor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
