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When a private enterprise fails, it is closed down; when a government enterprise fails, it is expanded. Isn't that exactly what's been…
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Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…
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My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there…
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Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic…
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Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction,…
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Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over…
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The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.
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The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,…
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Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion…
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Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The…
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The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest.…
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A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.
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Growing numbers of corporate executives are aware of the inextricable link between the well being of our families and the well-being of…
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The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either…
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Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge…
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Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are…
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Mainstream politicians will continue to protect existing systems of power, corporate executives will continue to maximize profit without concern, and the majority…
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I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.
— Don Nickles
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So the question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to…
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Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The…
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Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders,…
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The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.
— Michael Moore
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If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas,…
— Howard Zinn
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I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives who talked of how, in America, if you worked hard…
— Howard Zinn
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