1,194 Quotes About Economy

Do not be reluctant to generate wealth through entrepreneurship, informal initiative and not just professional practice. Poverty must remain a mindset that allows the soul to accomplish. A strong economy must rely on each of its stakeholders including the informal sector whose dynamismand potential are to be seized and exploited.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the law of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. It is impossible not to notice how little the proponents of the ideal of competition have to say about honesty, which is the fundamental economic virtue, and how very little they have to say about community, compassion, and mutual help.

The economy is safe in the bank but it is not made for that

If you don't have a whole lot of unsatisfied people, the economy stops dead, doesn't it?

No nation has ever taxed itself into prosperity.

Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.

But the economic meltdown should have undone, once and for all, the idea of poverty as a personal shortcoming or dysfunctional state of mind. The lines at unemployment offices and churches offering free food includes strivers as well as slackers, habitual optimists as well as the chronically depressed. When and if the economy recovers we can never allow ourselves to forget how widespread our vulnerability is, how easy it is to spiral down toward destitution.

No matter how many toys we amass we leave them behind when we die, just as we leave a broken environment, an economy that only benefits the richest, and a legacy of empowering greed over goodness. It is now time to commit to following a new path.