Top 25 Capitalism Quotes of 131 - Page 5

American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.

American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.

Max Lerner

Knights, American Capitalism, Robber Baron

The inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Years, Hundred, Capitalism

Source: www.progressive.org

Capitalism begins with giving.

George Gilder

Giving, Capitalism

George Gilder (2013). “Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World”, p.238, Regnery Publishing

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Humility, Accuracy, Capitalism

For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society

Francis Fukuyama

Capitalism, Mobile

Francis Fukuyama (2006). “The End of History and the Last Man”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category.

Ernest Gellner

Categories, Overrated, Capitalism

Ernest Gellner, John Breuilly (2008). “Nations and Nationalism”, p.94, Cornell University Press

Whats immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

Susan George

Logic, Kind, Capitalism

Capitalism doesn't consider morality. It considers profitability.

Steve Almond

Morality, Capitalism, Profitability

Source: therumpus.net

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.

Serj Tankian

Democratic, Capitalism

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Obama's capitalism is a capitalism of connections.

Sarah Palin

Connections, Capitalism

Capitalism is always evaluated against dreams. Utopia is a dream. It doesn't exist.

Rush Limbaugh

Dream, Utopia, Capitalism

When you get down to the meat and potatoes of genuine capitalism, it is cutthroat, vicious competition, and the consumer always benefits in the end.

Rush Limbaugh

Competition, Capitalism

Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

Rupert Murdoch

Sight, Wealth, Capitalism

We reform the system. We save capitalism from its own excesses.

Robert Reich

Reform, Excess, Capitalism

"Why Robert Reich cares so passionately about economic inequality". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. October 15, 2013.

Today and over the foreseeable future,traditional capitalism throughout most of the world has been thrown on a defensive from which it is doubtful that it can never recover.

Robert Heilbroner

Today, World, Capitalism

"The Future As History". Book by Robert Heilbroner, Chapter II, Part 7, The Drift Away From Capitalism, p. 94, 1960.

Capitalism is the only economic system compatible with free individuals

Peter McWilliams

Economic, Individual, Capitalism

F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period.

Peter L. Berger

Hayek, Periods, Capitalism

Peter L. Berger (1988). “The capitalist revolution: fifty propositions about prosperity, equality, and liberty”

The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

Patricia Marx

Chinese, Capitalism

"Buy Shanghai!" by Patricia Marx, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

Mohsin Hamid

Law, Our Society, Capitalism

There's nothing pure about capitalism.

Michael Moore

Capitalism, Pure

The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged.

Michael Lewis

United States, Capitalism, Iconic

"Is the U.S. stock market rigged?". "60 Minutes" with Steve Kroft, www.cbsnews.com. March 30, 2014.

Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

Matt Taibbi

Capitalism, Objectives, Values

"The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia". www.rollingstone.com. June 21, 2012.

In 2003, Helmut Schmidt said: Predatory capitalism exists, we have to civilize it and we can do that via Europe. He was right. We haven't tried hard enough.

Martin Schulz

Enough, Capitalism

Source: www.spiegel.de