Private property Quote by Karl Marx

“wages of labour, the profits of stock, or the rent of land.”

— Adam Smith

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.

— Robert Nozick

“In the wake of primitive accumulation, the wage relationship became a seemingly voluntary affair. Workers needed employment and employers wanted workers. In reality, of…

— Michael Perelman

“The irony of collective ownership is that it spurs more selfishness than does private ownership.”

— Eric Robert Morse

“Wages, profit, and rent, are the three original sources of all revenue, as well as of all exchangeable value. All other revenue is ultimately…

— Adam Smith

“But any acquisition that doesn't correspond to the labour expended is dishonest”

— Tolstoy

“An unearned income encourages self-pity in those already prone to it. The”

— Margaret Atwood

“The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence to them.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“independence came at a high price: a debt with a payment schedule of hurt and regret.”

— Rohinton Mistry

“This false appearance distinguishes wages labour from other historical forms of labour. On the basis of the wages system even the unpaid labour seems…

— Karl Marx

“A forced equalization of wages that disregards the marginal contributions of different workers will deaden incentives and lead to a misallocation of resources and…

— Raghuram G. Rajan