“To condemn free-market capitalism because of anything going on today makes no sense. There is no evidence that capitalism exists today. We are deeply involved in an interventionist-planned economy that allows major benefits to accrue to the politically connected of both political parties. One may condemn the fraud and the current system, but it must be called by its proper names Keynesian inflationism, interventionism, and corporatism.” MayTodayPoliticalNamesPartyEconomyInvolvedBenefitsMajorsEvidenceCapitalismCurrentsConnectedFraudPolitical PartiesFree MarketCorporatismFree Market CapitalismInterventionism Book:Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property Source: Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property
“Capitalism has never stood back and examined itself properly. I think everybody knows that capitalism is the only thing that works, but is the current form of capitalism the best way of it working?” ThinkingKnowsWayFormCapitalismCurrentsBest Way Author:Richard Branson
“The only factor that poses a genuine challenge to the current order is the willingness of human beings to reject the injustice and irrationality of this economy, and stand up for something better. Capitalism will not fall-rather, it must be pushed.” HumansOrderFallChallengesHuman BeingsEconomyCapitalismInjusticeCurrentsGenuineFactorsRejectsWillingnessSomething BetterIrrationality Author:Jim Stanford
“Indeed, I find it illuminating to consider to what extent our "classical conditions" for economic growth are satisfied in the current, monopolistic phase of capitalism.” GrowthEconomicConditionsCapitalismCurrentsSatisfiedPhasesEconomic GrowthIlluminating Book:Political Econ of Growth Source: Political Econ of Growth
“Our current model of capitalism and the dominant ideas in policy making have led to a failure of investment by both the public and the private sector in the things that drive productivity, and which affect its distribution.” IdeasPolicyModelsCapitalismInvestmentCurrentsProductivityDominantDistributionPrivate SectorPolicy Making Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ, nirvana. It is not a historical prospect, but a current mythology. Socialism, by contrast, is a realizable historical system which may one day be instituted in the world.” WorldMayChristReligiousOne DayCapitalismHistoricalCurrentsMythologySocialismCommunismContrastUtopiaMessiahEschatology Author:Immanuel Wallerstein
“We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.” WorldNeedsEndsProblemEarthMotherThis WorldCapitalismDestructionCurrentsInequalityCan NotMother EarthEquilibrium Author:Evo Morales