“This is the free enterprise system. The only place in the world that I can recall where companies never failed was the old Soviet Union. This is what investors do in free enterprise and capitalism system. [...[ And, yes, free enterprise system can be cruel. But the problem with this administration is that small businesses are the one who had suffered the most, the kind that need investors, the kinds that don't need the hundreds of pages, thousands of pages of regulations that continue to plague them and have them hold back on the hiring investment.” WorldNeedsKindHas BeensI CanProblemCompanyRepublicanPagesCapitalismUnionsInvestmentAdministrationEnterpriseInvestorsSovietRegulationRecallsSoviet UnionSmall BusinessPlagueHiringPlaces In The WorldFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“The free enterprise concept inherent in the economic model of capitalism should mean common people, or lower and middle class wage-earners, have greater potential to rise up and gain financial independence. In reality, however, free enterprise all too often leads to an almost total lack of government regulation that in turn allows the global elite to run amuck in Gordon Gecko-style financial coups.” PeopleShouldMeanRealityGovernmentRunningTurnsCommonClassGreaterEconomicMiddleStyleModelsConceptsCapitalismGainsIndependenceFinancialEnterpriseMiddle ClassElitesRegulationInherentFree EnterpriseCoupsGovernment RegulationFinancial IndependenceEconomic Models Author:James Morcan
“The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached.” TwoDemocracyCenturyCapitalismExperimentsBroadsTrendsRegulationTwentieth CenturyDeregulation Book:The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) Source: The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)
“State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance of economic activity for political gain.” StatesGovernmentPoliticalSocialEconomicActivityCapitalismGainsStrongerIntelligentSafetySpendingRegulationEmergenciesDominanceImplementationSafety NetGovernment Spending Author:Ian Bremmer
“What the Democrats have to understand is that while we do need to reform our regulation and we do need more restrictions, it is true that it is capitalism and free enterprise and companies that create jobs and wealth for every American.” NeedsJobsWealthCompanyCapitalismDemocratReformEnterpriseRegulationRestrictionFree Enterprise Author:Michael Bloomberg
“We're always projecting our moral categories on things. I think that's inevitable. But capitalism places no particular value on morality. Morality in the market is enforced by contract and regulation and law, because morality is understood to be in conflict with the motive force of greed and accumulation.” ThinkingLawValuesForceMoralParticularMoralityConflictUnderstoodCapitalismGreedInevitableMotiveContractsCategoriesRegulationAccumulation Author:Michael Pollan
“I am a strong believer in the free market. I am a strong believer in capitalism. But, I am also a strong believer that there are certain common goods - our air, our water, making sure that people are safe - that require to have some regulation.” PeopleCertainStrongWaterCommonAirSafeCapitalismBelieverGoodsRegulationFree MarketCommon Good Author:Barack Obama
“I used to be a businessman and I enjoyed what I did and I thought that it was socially useful. I don't have anything against business or private enterprise or capitalism per se, but I think that it is time to rethink the regulation of capitalism.” ThinkingUsedCapitalismUsed To BeEnjoyedEnterpriseRegulationBusinessmanPrivate Enterprise Author:Charles Ferguson
“Complex regulation in place of simple-rules capitalism disrupts market processes and corrupts business incentives.” ProcessSimpleCapitalismComplexesRegulationIncentives Author:Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
“If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then you'll have zero capitalism, zero competition - it would just be one giant company.” IfsCompanyTypeCapitalismCompetitionFishesGiantsZeroRegulationMonopoly Author:Serj Tankian
“There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has been shown above all in the ability to create new jobs, in which it is consistently more successful than Europe.” NeedsHas BeensLightGovernmentJobsDifferencesAbilitySuccessfulTaxesLowsCapitalismEuropeSignificantVersionsLabourRegulationConsistentlyFlexibilityMaximumLimited GovernmentNew Job Book:The path to power Source: The path to power
“The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.” PeopleWayGivingShouldMatterGovernmentFacesLawChoicesWealthEconomyRichEconomicAcceptanceAuthorityCapitalismStressMajorityFinancialAcceptedVarietyAlternativesDiscussionInsecurityRegulationPrivilegedFree MarketInterventionLaws Of NatureRelentlessEconomic SystemsSubsidiesStatutesFree Market CapitalismWork StressGovernment Intervention Author:Tony Benn
“In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods to advance social justice and greater regulation by the state, there are certain methods that are useful. What we need is a new society, a new civilization and convergence of all that is best in both [Communism and Capitalism]” NeedsStatesPhilosophyUseCertainSocialJusticePrinciplesGreaterCommunicationCivilizationModelsCapitalismRegardMethodSocial JusticeCommunismRegulationConvergence Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“If you bound the arms and legs of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps, weighed him down with chains, threw him in a pool and he sank, you wouldn't call it a 'failure of swimming.' So, when markets have been weighted down by inept and excessive regulation, why call this a 'failure of capitalism'?” IfsHas BeensArmsCapitalismGoldBoundsLegsChainsSwimmingPoolRegulationMedalGold MedalsSwimmerArms And Legs Author:Peter Boettke
“People think what's in the US today is capitalism. It's not even close to capitalism. Capitalism doesn't have a central bank, capitalism doesn't have taxes, it doesn't have regulations; capitalism is just voluntary transactions. What they have in the US today I call crapitalism. But it's sad that so many people are confused and they think, 'Oh that's free markets in the US', when it's one of the least free market countries on earth.” PeopleThinkingCountryTodayEarthTaxesCapitalismConfusedRegulationFree MarketTransactionsCentral Banks Author:Jeff Berwick
“I think we had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years; I think we need some regulation now.” ThinkingNeedsYearsEnoughLastsCapitalismEightRegulation Author:Howard Dean
“Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism, is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men should exchange goods and services, without regulation, solely on the basis of value for value. It recognizes charity and communal enterprises as voluntary versions of this same ethic. Such a system would be straight barter, except for the widely felt need for a division of labor in which men, voluntarily, accept value tokens such as cash and credit. Economically, this system is anarchy, and proudly so.” MenNeedsShouldWould BeFormValuesFeltAcceptingEconomicEthicsCapitalismLaborBasesCharityNotionCreditLibertarianVersionsEnterpriseGoodsDivisionAnarchyCashRegulationTokensLaissez FaireGoods And ServicesDivision Of LaborLaissez Faire Capitalism Author:Karl Hess