Economics Quote by Tony Judt

“Keeping people in a constant state of lack, in perpetual desire, strengthens the marketplace economy.”

— Bell Hooks

“Today the topic is not that of survival, but of the maintenance of a workable economic system in societies which are in a market…

— Isabel Gonzalez Turmo

“Within this stable and secure environment people had the ability and the incentive to pursue their own economic interests.”

— Edward A. Hudson

“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough a…

— Anonymous

“When economic imbalances became extreme, the lack of equilibrium and viability could threaten social and political order.”

— Joshua A. Berman

“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.”

— Suzy Kassem

Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to economise. It…

— Morarji Desai

“It said something about the ability of the free marketplace to mold people’s behavior into a socially acceptable pattern. For this was capitalism at…

— Michael Lewis

“The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The process by which wants are now synthesized is a potential source of economic instability. Production and therewith employment and social security are dependent…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.”

— Socrates

“If we can agree that the economic problem of society is mainly one of rapid adaptation to changes in the particular circumstances of time…

— Friedrich A. Hayek