Abuse Quote by David Korten

If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system where some…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and…

— Ronald Reagan

Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

— Jim Stanford

“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed. Simply put, it lacks values, and such a system will…

— Suzy Kassem

Though my heart may be left of centre, I have always known that the only economic system that works is a market economy... This…

— Vaclav Havel

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist…

— Joseph Stiglitz

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive. We cannot afford…

— W. Edwards Deming

“No other economic system has brought any country from poverty to prosperity. A free-market system is the only type that offers a workable alternative…

— Barry Asmus

Can capitalism survive? No. I do not think it can.

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

Capitalism survives by forcing the majority, whom it exploits, to define their own interests as narrowly as possible. This was once achieved by extensive…

— John Berger

The normal economic system works itself.

— James Salter

We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through…

— David Mamet