Capitalism Quote by John Lanchester

When well-divided property has disappeared and Capitalism has taken its place, you cannot reverse the process without acting against natural economic tendencies.

— Hilaire Belloc

Marx's own illusion was to think that the working class movement, which he devoted his life to creating and strengthening, would both be socially…

— Allen W. Wood

When, over fifty years ago, I first became interested in economics - as a discipline that provided the key to social structure and social…

— Simon Kuznets

Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex.

— Adam Davidson

“Bastiat (1801–1850) was a strikingly clear-minded early advocate of what came to be known as liberal economics, whose central idea is that the state…

— John Lanchester

In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The orthodox doctrines of economics which were dominant in the last quarter of the nineteenth century had a clear message. They supported laisser faire,…

— Joan Robinson

Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house…

— Charles Dickens

I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view…

— Edmund Burke

I presume my work has also always been about reduction without any distraction or after effects, outside emotions, or intimacy or complicity with the…

— Hedi Slimane

A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is…

— Le Ly Hayslip

It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always…

— David Ricardo