Capacity Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Beginning in 1981, when government policies began to undermine the liberal consensus of the previous generation, wealth began to diverge. It is more unevenly…

— Heather Cox Richardson

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of…

— Michael Parenti

Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.

— George Herbert

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

— Noam Chomsky

Never weigh relations on the scale of wealth ...it will deteriorate them away.

— Mak_786

Financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means disturbance of…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

The relations often weigh in scales of wealth, in the balance will not weigh.will be break scattered

— Mak_786

Everybody has to remember that economics is very tied to politics.

— Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

Income inequality matters more on a day-to-day basis. Wealth matters more for political influence.

— Thomas Pogge

The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything…

— Thomas Sowell

The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated.

— Leland Stanford