Economy Quotes - Page 32

Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower.

The size of General Motors is in the service not of monopoly or the economies of scale but of planning.

It has been the acknowledged right of every Marxist scholar to read into Marx the particular meaning that he himself prefers and to treat all others with indignation.

You don't get an economy growing by raising taxes.

A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world.

I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy.

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.

Apart from their work and production, households perform other important economic functions. Most CONSUMPTION occurs within the household. ... In developed capitalist economies, private consumption spending accounts for half or more of GDP.

Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.

The politics of fear has brought us everything we are afraid of, including the endless wars, the collapsing economy - all the rest.

We are shifting into an enjoyment-based economy. And who knows more about making enjoyment than game developers?

We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.

Economy is essential to all good art.

We need a game plan to deploy it very quickly to both move the economy forward and create the new businesses and jobs, and address climate change. It's a pretty big task. Pretty challenging.

What type of new economical system can organize this system? There is another sector in our life, that we rely on every single day, that are absolutely essential: the social commons, the social economy. It is all the activity we engage in to create social capital. It doesn't create capital market. Social commons is growing faster than the market place. It is growing faster than the market place. The social commons include any activity that is deeply social and collaborative.

What [Bernie] Sanders has done is he's focused the nation on the fact that these things are not inevitable. They are the result of policies. We can do better to create an economy that works well for working Americans.

When I have a low budget I always try to make it a lesson in economy.

Some writers maintain arithmetic to be only the only sure guide in political economy; for my part, I see so many detestable systems built upon arithmetical statements, that I am rather inclined to regard that science as the instrument of national calamity.

Our real interest starts with our neighbors... the future is about regional economies.

In spite of the poor economy, almost 70 percent of Americans occasionally splurge on luxury items -- like a blanket on a plane, or a peanut.

How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?

So our focus has to be on the things that we can control, which is to take the necessary measures working with Congress to ensure that our economy grows, that we create jobs.

If you're going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace.

The power to regulate the economy is the same thing as the power to distribute favors.