Capitalism Quote by Ayn Rand

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

— Christopher Lasch

People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.

— Ayn Rand

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

— David Korten

The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of…

— Bruce Bartlett

“The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never…

— Theodore J. Kaczynski

Collectivism, as an intellectual power and a moral ideal, is dead. But freedom and individualism, and their political expression, capitalism, have not yet been…

— Ayn Rand

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

— Christopher Lasch

Liberalism, the dominant ideology of our time, has been dangerously distorted by the impact of economism. It is that impact which has knocked the…

— Larry Siedentop

Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success…

— Patrick Nielsen Hayden

And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of articulating the…

— Paul Ryan

Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded…

— Nathan Myhrvold

“Nonetheless, many people, and especially intellectuals, passionately loathe capitalism. As they see it, this ghastly mode of society’s economic organization has brought about nothing…

— Ludwig Von Mises