Consumption Quote by Stephen S. Roach

If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding, skiing, rock-climbing…

— Milton Friedman

Structuralism argues that a liberal capitalist world economy tends to preserve or actually increase inequalities between developed and less developed economies.

— Robert Gilpin

I find it disturbing that men who are products of highly developed economies come to a developing nation solely to exploit their women and…

— Mechai Viravaidya

Apart from their work and production, households perform other important economic functions. Most CONSUMPTION occurs within the household. ... In developed capitalist economies, private…

— Jim Stanford

In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere of private…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

If we wait for the entertainment industry to change its fundamental values, we may be waiting a long time. But we don't have to…

— Michael Medved

The linear, mechanistic view of the world which pervades orthodox economics is simply not capable of capturing the richness and complexity of the rhythms…

— Paul Ormerod

One of the most striking trends, since at least the 1960's, has been for employment in services to grow far more rapidly than employment…

— Peter Dicken

This relationship is the foundation for the argument, made by some trade unionists and labour advocates, that high wages can actually be "good for…

— Jim Stanford

If high-wage, high-cost nations like Germany and Japan can compete on exports, California can.

— Gavin Newsom

Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a very low-cost,…

— Michael Porter

I think we can compete with high-wage countries, and I believe we should. New jobs and clean energy, not only to fight climate change,…

— Hillary Clinton