Capitalism Quote by Albert Camus

Marx is thought of as an implacable foe of capitalism. But go back and read the first section of the Communist Manifesto. Notice how…

— Allen W. Wood

Marx's writings still have something to teach us about capitalism. They have little or nothing to teach us about any alternatives to it. Anyone…

— Allen W. Wood

One of the problems with traditional anti-capitalist thought is that it defines capitalism as a totality, which encourages us to imagine another totality, socialism,…

— Cynthia Kauffman

The capitalist system was termed "capitalism" not by a friend of the system, but by an individual who considered it to be the worst…

— Ludwig von Mises

Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things…

— Michael Moore

Marx saw that capitalism is a wasteful, irrational system, a system which controls us when we should be controlling it. That insight is still…

— Peter Singer

It has taken me a long time to realize where I most disagree with Marx. His assessment of capitalism is far too favorable. He…

— Allen W. Wood

The essence of capitalism is expressed in two of its basic features: a) profit maximization and b) market competition. In their abstract formulations none…

— Muhammad Yunus

I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic. And yet I am not so opposed…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I often think that the reason capitalism hasn't completely destroyed everything is that a huge amount of anti-capitalist endeavor goes on, from labors of…

— Rebecca Solnit

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral…

— Charley Reese

The enormous dynamic and creative, as well as destructive energy of capitalism... is written up with more praise and more respect by Marx and…

— Christopher Hitchens