Differences Quote by Audre Lorde

Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy,…

— Audre Lorde

“Inclusive economic and political institutions do not emerge by themselves. They are often the outcome of significant conflict between elites resisting economic growth and…

— Daron Acemoğlu

The experience of the past lives little doubt that every economic system must sooner or later rely upon some form of the profit motive…

— Will Durant

“We call such institutions, which have opposite properties to those we call inclusive, extractive economic institutions—extractive because such institutions are designed to extract incomes…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The process of economic growth and the inclusive institutions upon which it is based create losers as well as winners in the political arena…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people.”

— Bryant McGill

“As such, the usual pattern of interaction between a critical juncture and existing institutional differences leading to further institutional and economic divergence played out…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The economists exploded the old tenets: that it is unfair and unjust to outdo a competitor by producing better and cheaper goods; that it…

— Ludwig von Mises

The foundation of collectivism is simple: There should be no important economic differences among people. No one should be too rich.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Keeping people in a constant state of lack, in perpetual desire, strengthens the marketplace economy.”

— Bell Hooks

While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy…

— Pope Francis

I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries…

— Paul Dirac