Quotes about Economics

Religion is the opium of the poor. I thought marijuana was the opium of the poor.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services.

We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society.

Class is a way of looking at society that divides people into different categories based on how much money they're willing to make.

We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.

The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it - and then everybody votes with their footsteps.

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.

The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil.

But industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning.

What about self-denial, then? If you had a God, you'd have a reason for self-denial.' 'But industrial civilization is only possible when there's no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning.

If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.