Character Quote by Jean-Baptiste Say

“This economy is based upon consumption, which ultimately serves, not the ordinary consumers, but a tiny class of excessively wealthy people for whose further…

— Wendell Berry

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.

— Noam Chomsky

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

— William Scranton

Consumption has massively benefited from globalization.

— Christine Lagarde

Apart from their work and production, households perform other important economic functions. Most CONSUMPTION occurs within the household. ... In developed capitalist economies, private…

— Jim Stanford

We may not always recognize it, but government plays a bigger role in our lives than any other single person or institution. We spend…

— Harry Browne

Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct…

— Charles Koch

Most countries choose to have government run the economy.

— Marco Rubio

“massive role of government in the economy has made politics the pre-eminent route to prosperity, as well as power-whether for individuals, tribes, or regions.”

— Thomas Sowell

Consumption is a social relationship, the dominant relationship in our society-one that makes it harder and harder for people to hold together, to create…

— Anonymous

The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate particular public…

— Joel Miller