Capitalism Quote by Jim Stanford Download Open image “Competition-ruthless, unforgiving, to-the-death competition-is a crucial feature of capitalism.” — Jim Stanford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Capitalism Competition Crucial Economics Features Ruthless Unforgiving
The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“Capitalism is based on the concept that in order for someone to succeed, someone else has to suffer.” — Tawni O'Dell Copy Share Image
Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on ruthless exploitation and competition, and leads inevitably to the development of mega monopolies. — Kshama Sawant Copy Share Image
Capitalism might everywhere be spreading havoc, but it is also triumphant everywhere. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
“Competition is often conflated with capitalism, but they are not at all the same. Capitalism involves private ownership of the means of production and… — Marc Levinson Copy Share Image
“It [predatory capitalism] is incapable of meeting human needs that can be expressed only in collective terms, and its concept of competitive man who… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Capitalism has killed millions out of cold indifference coupled with greed.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“GREED is truly the most terrible challenge of our times, and capitalism is its tool, its means to power and more greed. Greed is… — William Donelson Copy Share Image
Growth can also involve producing services instead of goods. In particular, a major expansion of public and caring services (like child care, education, elder… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists. — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
One of the glaring failures of capitalism is the continuing widespread existence of poverty - often extreme poverty. Even in the advanced economies, many… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either. — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
This relationship is the foundation for the argument, made by some trade unionists and labour advocates, that high wages can actually be "good for… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Like a forensic accountant trying to solve a corporate fraud, following the trail of money around the circle is a good way to understand… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
The total dividend income declared in 1995 by the bottom 9.7 million Canadian tax-filers (47% of all those submitting tax returns) was $310 million.… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
We know that investment causes growth. But it is also true that growth causes investment. — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
With joint-stock corporations, investors can place bets on the success of many different companies, without having to play a central management role in any… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Corporations have nothing to do with values, and they know it, and sometimes say it. — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.” — David L. Weimer Copy Share Image
“A car is one of the most interesting inventions, but driving is one of the most boring activities.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image