Business Quote by Davis McCaughey

I am not an economic determinist. If I were, I would throw up my hands; I just would not bother. I think it's wrong…

— Robert Reich

There is a moral underpinning to economics. And the kinds of questions that it asks and the kinds of solutions it proposes do seem…

— John Lanchester

“If we can agree that the economic problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances of time…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

In most circles, the idea of economic planning has been in disrepute most of the time and, particularly in America, has almost carried connotations…

— Gunnar Myrdal

Today this is what we are confronted with, I mean what is pure ideology, which takes no account of the human context. In economics…

— Catherine Camus

I got involved in cultural studies because I didn't think life was purely economically determined. I took all this up as an argument with…

— Stuart Hall

I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories... And this is where I think the right gets capitalism wrong. They…

— Michael Pollan

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over…

— William Greider

Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that…

— Tyler Cowen

Traditional economics is based on imaginary creatures sometimes referred to as 'Homo economicus.' I call them Econs for short. Econs are amazingly smart and…

— Richard Thaler

Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human…

— Ludwig von Mises

Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral…

— Arianna Huffington