Economics Quote by Thomas Sowell

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

— Fareed Zakaria

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of…

— Leland Stanford

“These various interests are well organized, command more wealth than most modern nations, and are represented in Congress with a strength far greater than…

— Edward Abbey

“No natural forces determine income, wealth, and the quality of human life. We make the decisions about who will prosper and who will not—or…

— David Cay Johnston

“There are few problems in the world that economic prosperity cannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierce attack. The…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“This economy is based upon consumption, which ultimately serves, not the ordinary consumers, but a tiny class of excessively wealthy people for whose further…

— Wendell Berry

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

— Jose Saramago

“Under the neoliberal worldview, governments exist in order to create the optimal conditions for private interests to maximize their profits and wealth, based on…

— Naomi Klein

“The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Political Economy means that everybody except politicians must be economical.

— Anonymous

“Big Government means small citizens: it corrodes the integrity of a people, catastrophically.”

— Mark Steyn

“That is why it could happen anywhere, given the right ingredients: particular people in government, competing with others- or with each other- over natural…

— Clea Koff