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Ayn Rand Quotes about Economics

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Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.

Ayn Rand
Decision, Liberty, Economics

People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.

Ayn Rand
People, Economics, Accepted
Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.278, Penguin

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.

Ayn Rand
Men, Liberty, Economics
Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.17, Penguin

Economics departments are dominated by Marxism, which is taken straight or on the rocks, in the form of Keynesianism.

Ayn Rand
Taken, Rocks, Economics

A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide.

Ayn Rand
Suicide, Economics, Economy
Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.239, Penguin

The more propaganda . . . conservatives spread for capitalist economics while at the same time preaching collectivism morally and philosophically , the more nails they’ll drive into capitalism’s coffin.

Ayn Rand
Nails, Coffins, Economics
Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.281, Penguin

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