System Quotes

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Capitalism is the only society in human history in which neither tradition nor conscious direction supervises the total effort of the community; it is the… — Robert Heilbroner
Capitalism or market economy is that system of social cooperation and division of labor that is based on private ownership of the means of production. — Ludwig von Mises
Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the… — Ludwig von Mises
The capitalist system of production is an economic democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. The consumers are the sovereign people. The… — Ludwig von Mises
The market economy-capitalism-is a social system of consumers' supremacy. — Ludwig von Mises
The system that would stand midway between capitalism and socialism. — Ludwig von Mises
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but… — Noam Chomsky
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before… — Pope Francis
On the one hand, there has been a remarkable expansion of the total production and productivity of food production, and on the other hand an… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Wars between states and people seem to have existed under all historical systems for as long as we have some recorded evidence. War is quite… — Immanuel Wallerstein
From the viewpoint of economic democracy, the capitalism-socialism debate was a debate between private and state capitalism (i.e., the private or public employment system), and… — David P. Ellerman
Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice. When I say 'capitalism,' I mean a… — Ayn Rand
We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody. — Ayn Rand
A second variety concentrated on presumed major transformations of the capitalist system as of some recent point in time, in which the whole earlier point… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system. — Immanuel Wallerstein
What distinguishes the historical social system we are calling historical capitalism is that in this historical system capital came to be used (invested) in a… — Immanuel Wallerstein
To be sure, the use of force by one party in a market transaction in order to improve his price was no invention of capitalism.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an… — Immanuel Wallerstein
This is a steady, ceaseless process, impossible to contain as long as the economy driven by the endless accumulation of capital. The system may prolong… — Immanuel Wallerstein

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