Economics Quote by Guy Hocquenghem

“A crucial part of the modern capitalist economy was the emergence of a new ethic, according to which profits ought to be reinvested in…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.”

— Steven D. Levitt

“The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of…

— Karl Marx

“The portentous development of our present economic system, leading to a mighty accumulation of social wealth in the hands of privileged minorities and to…

— Rudolf Rocker

“In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles.”

— Guy Debord

What the bourgeoisie therefore produces, above all, are its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.

— Karl Marx

“The economists exploded the old tenets: that it is unfair and unjust to outdo a competitor by producing better and cheaper goods; that it…

— Ludwig von Mises

“This is the fly in the ointment of free-market capitalism. It cannot ensure that profits are gained in a fair way, or distributed in…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more riches.”

— Elise Blackwell

“...capitalism is too important and complex a subject to be left to economists. Achieving a critical comprehension of it requires perspectives beyond those characteristic…

— Jerry Z. Muller

“The bourgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the most barbarian,…

— Karl Marx