Accumulation Quote by Michael Pollan

I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to assume that…

— Michael Pollan

Capitalism doesn't consider morality. It considers profitability.

— Steve Almond

Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each other and people aren't honest, if a deal isn't a…

— Rick Santorum

I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories... And this is where I think the right gets capitalism wrong. They…

— Michael Pollan

Capitalism is of this material world; it provides us with the means to live; it empowers us within the known world of sense and…

— Stephen Young

I think it's fairly easy to provide a moral defense of capitalism. It has been - over the last 200 years - the underlying…

— John C. Bogle

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral…

— Charley Reese

We're still expecting capitalism to solve problems: 'Maybe if we sell enough oil, we can give some profits to an environmental agency!' Capitalism isn't…

— Anohni

In the business arena, the standard rules of morality don't apply. What we're really looking for is efficiency. It doesn't do anyone any good…

— H. W. Brands

Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral…

— Arianna Huffington

I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken into consideration,…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It…

— Ayn Rand