Economics Quotes · Page 126

I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue.

— Andrew Yang

We are ignorant of what it is we do not know even though we know more than we can ever say

— G. L. S. Shackle

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.

— Henry David Thoreau

Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it.

— Henry Ford

Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.

— Thomas Paine

I am proud to support the incredible economics department at the University of Chicago.

— Kenneth C. Griffin

President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

— Fred Barnes

I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems - the kind of problems that are inevitable…

— Star Parker

In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest…

— Toshihiko Fukui

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

My response [to fear of being poor]was to study contracts, finance, economics, to plan, to have a goal, to work on that…

— Elizabeth Warren

It is time to unleash our economy... to unleash the free market system so that businesses can grow and prosper so that…

— Pierre Poilievre

If you like what Wall Street did for the housing market, you'll love what Wall Street is doing for commodities. Goldman's ability…

— Carl Levin

Economists tend to think they are much, much smarter than historians, than everybody. And this is a bit too much because at…

— Thomas Piketty

The German car industry has a clear vision of the necessity of stability in the continent that goes beyond selling cars. For…

— Frans Timmermans

Getting the economy back on its feet is properly viewed as an investment in future prosperity. When businesses and consumers confront attractive…

— Robert H. Frank

Since the global financial crisis and recession of 2007-2009, criticism of the economics profession has intensified. The failure of all but a…

— Robert J. Shiller

“The issue of false consciousness is a genuinely difficult problem that has no definite solution. We should not approve of an unequal…

— Ha-Joon Chang

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. Why? Because discrimination, poverty and…

— William J. Clinton

“To join the makers of the world is always to feel at least a little more self reliant, a little more omnicompetent.…

— Michael Pollan

Economics and politics are so intertwined and interlinked that politics now, mainstream politics, extreme center politics, are little else but a version…

— Tariq Ali

Capitalism improves the quality of life for the working class not just because it leads to improved wages but also because it…

— Thomas DiLorenzo

In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies support hegemonic…

— Amory Lovins

The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.

— John Patrick Shanley

In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Pursuing economic sustainability by creating a virtuous cycle of growth and distribution is the kind of new capitalism that I am aiming…

— Fumio Kishida

We want capitalism and market forces to be the slave of democracy rather than the opposite.

— Thomas Piketty

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

— Barack Obama

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last…

— Seth Godin

If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men.

— Kirk Kerkorian

All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman.

— George Stigler

Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source…

— Marco Rubio

I think that for the developing world there are many versions of capitalism, and countries have to choose one that's appropriate.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared

— Thomas Jefferson

The economy is after all driven by people. No matter how dire the situation may be, as long as people are firm,…

— Daisaku Ikeda

The truth of the matter is, the policies of this administration, which Hillary Clinton and Senator Kaine want to continue, have run…

— Mike Pence

Narrative drives most of economics. Everything seems to be part of a story, and how that story is told often leads to…

— Barry Ritholtz

Speculation in land may be necessary to capitalism, but speculative orgies periodically become a quagmire of destruction for capital itself.

— David Harvey

Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort…

— Tyler Cowen