Consumer Quote by Richard Cordray

Traditional consumer finance has been unfair for decades. Banks have had a monopoly on financial services and have been able to overcharge and underserve…

— Taavet Hinrikus

I started out by viewing the marketplace as a cruel place, where you need intervention by government and lawyers to protect people. But after…

— John Stossel

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

— John Stossel

The marketplace is a wondrous institution. It harnesses the self-interest of each of us and puts it to work for the benefit of all.…

— Harry Browne

The reality is sometimes markets don't exist for very good reasons. It might be that there isn't a deep customer need. Or the economic…

— Scott D. Anthony

Consumerism is so weird. Its a sort of conspiracy we collude in. Youd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You…

— J. G. Ballard

If consumers make better choices, the marketplace will change.

— Mike Huckabee

“Thirty thousand new consumer products hit store shelves each year. Ninety percent of them fail. Why? We’re using misguided market-segmentation practices. For instance, we…

— Harvard Business School Press

My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it…

— Evan Davis

I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading term. The…

— James Howard Kunstler

A consumer-finance agency is a good thing, but it would do well to teach consumers a simple lesson: if you don't understand the deal…

— James Surowiecki

People don't get a chance to think, "Why am I a consumer?" Because the decisions come at them so fast and furiously, they're not…

— David Bowie