Capital Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass…

— Ludwig von Mises

The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.

— Anthony Trollope

“To say that "the worker has an interest in the rapid growth of capital", means only this: that the more speedily the worker augments…

— Karl Marx

“Capitalism began as a theory about how the economy functions. It was both descriptive and prescriptive – it offered an account of how money…

— Yuval Noah Harari

How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy, or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Some religions, such as Christianity and Nazism, have killed millions out of burning hatred. Capitalism has killed millions out of cold indifference coupled with…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Romantic literature often presents the individual as somebody caught in a struggle against the state and the market. Nothing could be further from the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…

— Michael Bloomberg

The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent…

— Ludwig von Mises

“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre…

— John Ruskin

“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.”

— David L. Weimer