At a very young age, I fell in love with the idea of being in a restaurant and being surrounded with people… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
People tend to be clueless about prices. Contrary to economic theory, we don't really decide between A and B by consulting our… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
The idea of applying psychology or behavioural sciences to communication is not a new one. It's very old behavioural economics. If it… — Alexander Nix Copy Share Image
Economics really pervert every possible good thing that comes, whether it's food or a cure or a new technological advancement; anything like… — Renee Elise Goldsberry Copy Share Image
Until you separate the speculative behaviour of the financial sector from the real economy and the financing of the real economy, then… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“After 1908, and especially after 1945, capitalist greed was somewhat reined in, not least due to the fear of Communism. Yet inequities… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Toward the end of the Cold War, capitalism created a military horror: the neutron bomb, a weapon that destroys life while leaving… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
“When nothing is valued for what it is, everything is destined to be wasted. Once the values of things refer only to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Economics is the art of allocating scarce goods among competing demands. The conceit of Marxism was the thought that in Communism, economics… — Daniel Bell Copy Share Image
Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990's. But recently he's fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
Capitalism is the best way of organizing economic activity for a lot of reasons. It unlocks a higher fraction of human potential,… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level… — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
We survived the 1980's. Back then, the economic program was called 'trickle down.' That actually meant they were pissing on you. How… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Globalization is a bottom-up phenomenon with all actions initiated by milions of individuals, the sum total of which is globalization. No one… — John Naisbitt Copy Share Image
Everyone's lost a lot of money on their 401k plans. I've heard some people calling them 201k plans. So it's even more… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Really, the proper study of economics is fulfilment, not consumption... It doesn't even matter if it's a green product or a green… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy... We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it's a lot the… — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
You will perceive that economy, scientifically speaking, is a very contracted science; it is in fact a sort of vague mathematics which… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
You know, whatever it takes. It's very important obviously from an economic point of view because of the need for innovation, for… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
“What good does it do a black youth to know that an employer must pay him $2 an hour if the fact… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility instead of a stagnant, government-directed… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I love creating things, and as an entrepreneur, I've taken on quite a lot of major corporations and done well. Capitalism is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
“Bhutanese believe that economic development should never come at the cost of their people’s happiness. Therefore, in every trade deal the government… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If I'm watching my son play soccer, that's what I'm doing. If I'm going to a school concert, that's what I'm doing.… — Gail Kelly Copy Share Image
“We need to crush the Invisible Hand. The economy isn't a natural phenomenon. It is just a tool or a mean, that… — Jean Ziegler Copy Share Image
This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to the next.… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Like many another romance, the romance of the family turns sour when the money runs out. If we really cared about families,… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Besides creating more compulsive gamblers, money spent on lotteries isn't spent on other goods such as clothing or computers, which would trickle… — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
“But no moral philosopher, from Aristotle to Aquinas, to John Locke and Adam Smith, divorced economics from a set of moral ends… — Daniel Bell Copy Share Image
