1,194 Quotes About Economy

What was unreasonable about asking those that had the coin to build the kingdom up again? They made enough riches off of us.

There will be those who say that solutions such as wealth taxes have been tried before and failed, but that is not necessarily that the solutions are wrong, but because another innovation or strategy provides another way to reduce taxes.The solution to taxation is to allow incentives to encourage ingenuity and innovation and to match those positive characteristics with the desire to eliminate gross disparities in income and wealth.

The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects. When do the wise return to the land of which they hear rumours of bad custom?

*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.

Electricity, shelter, and a safe place to sleep . . .trump the need to preserve your credit score, orpurchase a new gizmo.

Advertising makes it possible for a company to make it our problem that it makes a product that solves a problem we do not and will never have.

Capitalism is also incapable of promoting sustainable development, not because it encourages technological advances that are capable of straining the earth's resources but because the purpose of capitalist production is exchange value not use value, profit not people.

War is a marvellous stimulus for the economy of a failing country. It takes young men out of unemployment and creates wealth for Arms dealers, construction companies and medical and drugs corporations. Said country can rape thieve and pillage with complete justification. World War III - coming to a TV screen near you soon.

The financial sector grows, it undergoes a hypertrophy. It devours not just profits but talents; and its contribution to real productive activity and innovation is completely disproportional to its parasitic relation to the economy.