Change Quote by Charlie Munger

It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.

— James Sinegal

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at…

— James Sinegal

I remember the $0.05 hamburger and a $0.40-per-hour minimum wage, so I've seen a tremendous amount of inflation in my lifetime. Did it ruin…

— Charlie Munger

“The membership fee is a onetime pain, but it’s reinforced every time customers walk in and see forty-seven-inch televisions that are two hundred dollars…

— Brad Stone

Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.

— Alan Cranston

I say at our management conferences that the amount Wal-Mart grows in just one year is the equivalent of Costco's size.

— James Sinegal

Everything is getting more expensive. Except for people, they are getting cheaper

— Anonymous

I think prices have been moving more on speculation than reality. But this is a market that has been driven by fear for two…

— James Williams

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is…

— James Hilton

All of us as consumers have gotten spoiled, ... We expect customized goods and services at commodity prices. The only way we can do…

— Robert Rubin

In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper…

— Lysander Spooner

We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain…

— Martin Feldstein