Greed Quote by Milton Friedman

Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course. Devoting time to…

— Kurt Bills

“Our entire system, in an economic sense, is based on restriction. Scarcity and inefficiency are the movers of money; the more there is of…

— Peter Joseph

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

— Jim Stanford

The world’s biggest problem is the unequal distribution of capitalism. If there were capitalism everywhere, you wouldn’t have food shortages.

— Rush Limbaugh

In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if…

— Kofi Annan

The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of…

— Winona LaDuke

The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is only in…

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

“The point is this: When seen through the lens of technology, few resources are truly scarce; they’re mainly inaccessible. Yet the threat of scarcity…

— Peter H. Diamandis

The difference between what all the people can do individually and the global consumption of nonrenewable resources is huge. The tension is... what will…

— Clay Shirky

In addition to world conflicts, the most challenging problem we face today is hunger, deprivation and social injustice. Because we're ruled by separate self-interest,…

— Satish Kumar

There is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important…

— Julian Simon

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

— Thomas Love Peacock