Black Quote by Peter Matthiessen

I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What…

— Paul Ryan

The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia -…

— Catherine Helen Spence

I was really interested in the way in which poverty and economic stagnation were transforming and corrupting the American narrative.

— Lynn Nottage

What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I…

— Andrew Young

Capitalism in the 19th century did not doom the worker to a life of perpetual poverty. Instead, they kept creating new and better-paying employments…

— Richard Ebeling

Capitalism with near-full employment was an impressive spectacle. But a growth in wealth is not at all the same thing as reducing poverty. A…

— Joan Robinson

“The tale of America coming out of the Great Depression and not only surviving but actually transforming itself into an economic giant is the…

— Elizabeth Warren

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become…

— Walter E. Williams

The American Colossus was fiercely intent on appropriating and exploiting the riches of all continents - grasping with both hands, reaping where he had…

— Gifford Pinchot

Could there be anything but widespread misery, where a privileged few controlled a nation's wealth, while millions labored for a pittance, and millions more…

— Ronald Reagan

“The great achievements of western capitalism have rebounded primarily to the benefit of the ordinary person. These achievements have made available to the masses…

— Milton Friedman