“Anarchism is opposed to states, armies, slavery, the wages system, the landlord system, prisons, monopoly capitalism, oligopoly capitalism, state capitalism, bureaucracy, meritocracy, theocracy, revolutionary governments, patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, oligarchy, protection rackets, intimidation by gangsters, and every other kind of coercive institution. In other words, anarchism opposes government in all its forms.” KindStatesGovernmentFormCapitalismArmyInstitutionsSlaveryPrisonProtectionPatriarchyWagesBureaucracyMonopolyAnarchismMonarchyGangstersIntimidationOligarchyRacketLandlordTheocracyMatriarchyOligopoly Author:Donald Rooum
“Behind the abstraction known as 'the markets' lurks a set of institutions designed to maximize the wealth and power of the most privileged group of people in the world, the creditor-rentier class of the First World and their junior partners in the Third.” PeopleWorldFirstsWealthBehindsKnownClassGroupsCapitalismThirdsInstitutionsPartnersPrivilegedAbstractionJuniorsCreditors Author:Doug Henwood
“Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.” MenShowsGovernmentCertainDoubtModernCapitalismInstitutionsGenuineVigorModern Man Author:H. L. Mencken
“churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it.” HandsReligionChurchMajorsCapitalismInstitutionsBitesRooted Author:Georgia Harkness
“The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated.” BelieveDoeRealityPoliticalPoliticsGrowthLeadershipMoneyPartyTechnologyEconomicPolicyOfficeCapitalismInnovationInstitutionsIndividualityIdeologyDataBudgetsFree SpeechSocialistPolitical PartiesFree MarketEconomic GrowthReactionariesPartisanship Author:Newt Gingrich
“The capitalist workplace is one of the most profoundly undemocratic institutions on the face of the Earth. Workers have no say over decisions affecting them. If workers sat on the board of directors of democratically operated self-managed enterprises, they wouldn't vote for the wildly unequal distribution of profits to benefit a few and for cutbacks for the many.” IfsSelfEarthFacesDecisionDirectorsBenefitsCapitalismEconomicsVoteManagementInstitutionsWorkersProfitInequalityBoardsSatEnterpriseVotingCapitalistWorkplaceDistributionBoard Of DirectorsCutbacks Author:Richard D. Wolff
“In America, we debate everything except capitalism. If there's an institution in your society that's above criticism, you're giving it a free pass to indulge all of its weaknesses and darker tendencies.” IfsGivingAmericaDarkSocietyWeaknessCapitalismCriticismInstitutionsDebateTendenciesIndulgeCriticise Author:Richard D. Wolff
“The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism.” GovernmentLeftMediaHigherCapitalismInstitutionsMeritEnterpriseSlanderFree EnterpriseHigher Learning Author:James Cook
“There was a time traditionally - say, GM in the 1950s - it was trying to develop a consumer base that would be loyal and lasting and they were thinking in terms of an institution that would remain and grow and thrive in the society. By now, a lot of the investment firms - bankers, hedge funds - are perfectly happy to destroy what they're in and come out with huge, tremendous benefits. That's a new stage of capitalism.” ThinkingTryingWould BeGrowsTermStageHugeBenefitsCapitalismInstitutionsInvestmentConsumersFirmThriveFundLastingLoyalBankersHedge Fund Author:Noam Chomsky
“The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society to get its arms around it is much less. The political clout of the financial class is unbelievable. I'd say the story is darker than when I was there. When I was there it felt like a comedy - and now it feels more like a tragedy.” FeelsStoriesPoliticalFeltAbilityPayClassComedyGreaterArmsCapitalismBiggerTragedyInstitutionsFinancialCentreUnbelievableClout Author:Michael Lewis
“Once we link up and network, there will be new institutions, new beginnings, and a change in the economy because capitalism is destroying many people's lives. It's just one leap to think in a different way.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentEconomyCapitalismInstitutionsDifferent WaysJust OneLeapLinksDestroyingNew Beginnings Author:Mairead Corrigan
“The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.” EndsHandsGovernmentFallDemocracyRevolutionCapitalismInstitutionsDefeatAmerican RevolutionLendingIncorporation Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.” PrinciplesDemocracyCapitalismInstitutionsDefinitionsAutocracy Book:Language and Politics Source: Language and Politics
“Always history is being made; opinions attitudes and institutions change, and there is evolution in the nature of capitalism” MadeAttitudeOpinionEvolutionCapitalismEconomicsInstitutions Book:Selected Essays by Frank H. Knight, Volume 1: Source: Selected Essays by Frank H. Knight, Volume 1:
“The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them with subsidies, tax privileges, and appropriate labour legislation and market support to attract a commitment and investment.” GovernmentGrowthSupportDevelopmentTaxesCommitmentCapitalismInstitutionsInvestmentPrivilegeCorporationsOur TimeAppropriateLabourShowersDominantLegislationDominatingSubsidies Author:Eric Kierans
“Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in recent years, but has been studiously ignored by all our purveyors of conventional economic wisdom. That is because we have been persuaded, against logic, and moral sense, that the institution that most needs our support these days is not society, nor the human community, but the global corporation.” NeedsYearsHumansHas BeensCommunityMoralSupportEconomicActivityTaxesCapitalismLogicInstitutionsTradeDollarsNotionThese DaysCorporationsConventionalCurrencyIgnoredSpeculation Author:Eric Kierans
“The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the institution of private property that protects and implements the right to disagree - and thus keeps the road open to man's most valuable attribute: the creative mind.” MenMindProblemCreativeProtectCapitalismAgreeInstitutionsPropertyValuableCrucialDisagreeAttributesPrivate PropertyCreative Mind Book:Ayn Rand Reader Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values and institutions that honor life, serve life's needs, and restore money to its proper role as servant. I believe we are in fact being called to take a step to a new level of species consciousness and function.” WorldLifeNeedsBelieveFactsValuesI BelieveInspiringLevelsMoneyConsciousnessStepsRolesHonorCreatingCapitalismFunctionInstitutionsSpeciesServantReplacedFlourishingNext LevelRestoringProsperingSystemic ChangeService And Sacrifice Author:David Korten
“Natural capitalism is not about making sudden changes, uprooting institutions, or fomenting upheaval for a new social order. Natural capitalism is about making small, critical choices that can tip economic and social factors in positive ways.” WayOrderChoicesSocialNaturalBusinessEconomicCapitalismInstitutionsCriticalFactorsSocial OrderUpheavalSudden ChangeUprooting Author:Paul Hawken
“Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are, in principle, under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist, that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be established at every level. [...] Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I am opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.” IfsThinkingPoliticalTermCommunityLevelsPrinciplesDemocracyEconomicIndustryMajorsCapitalismInstitutionsObedienceCorporationsFascismStrictPointlessFascistsParticipants Author:Noam Chomsky