“The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation of that labour. But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.” MayTwoDifferentFactsForceSocialProcessRolesEconomyCapitalismIncreaseHistoricalBranchesProductiveLabourProgressiveManifestDiversePropositionsNational Economy Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Let’s begin with capitalism, a word that has gone largely out of fashion. The approved reference now is to the market system. This shift minimizes - indeed, deletes - the role of wealth in the economic and social system. And it sheds the adverse connotation going back to Marx. Instead of the owners of capital or their attendants in control, we have the admirably impersonal role of market forces. It would be hard to think of a change in terminology more in the interest of those to whom money accords power. They have now a functional anonymity.” ThinkingHardWould BeForceSocialInterestWealthRolesGoneEconomicFashionCapitalismOwnersShedAccordApprovedAnonymityAdverseSocial SystemsConnotationTerminology Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Because the free market system is so weak politically, the forms of capitalism that are experienced in many countries are very far from the ideal. They are a corrupted version, in which powerful interests prevent competition from playing its natural, healthy role.” CountryFormInterestNaturalPowerfulRolesHealthyCapitalismIdealsWeakCompetitionVersionsFree Market Book:Saving Capitalism From The Capitalism Source: Saving Capitalism From The Capitalism
“Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism.” PeopleSelfOrderOpportunityUnderstandingFreedomMoneyEducationPovertyRolesSupportSelf EsteemActivityModelsLowsSelf ImprovementCapitalismDeterminationEntrepreneurDetermineDeterminedEsteemEntrepreneurshipRole ModelsSelf DeterminationLackingKey To SuccessResortsRoad To SuccessLow Self EsteemDetermination MotivationalCauses Of Poverty Author:John Hope Bryant
“Karl Marx left it to others to find the way beyond capitalism to a higher form of society. He saw his role as giving them as accurate a theory as he could of how capitalism works, which would also show them the reasons why it needs to be abolished and replaced by a freer and more human form of society.” WayNeedsGivingHumansReasonShowsFormLeftRolesSawsTheoryHigherCapitalismReason WhyAccurateReplacedHuman Form Author:Allen W. Wood
“Rethinking capitalism means rethinking the role of the public sector, the role of the private sector, the role of finance, and the relationship between them all.” MeanRolesCapitalismFinancePrivate SectorPublic SectorRethinking Author:Mariana Mazzucato
“So much were employers of wage-labor unenthusiastic about proletarianization that, in addition to fostering the gender age division of labor, they also encouraged, in their employment patters and through their influence in the political arena, recognition of defined ethnic groups, seeking to link them to specific allocated roles in the labor-force, with different levels of real remuneration for their work. Ethnicity created a cultural crust which consolidated the patterns of semi-proletarian household structures.” DifferentRealAgePoliticalForceLevelsRolesGroupsInfluenceCapitalismLaborStructurePatternsSeekingGenderEmploymentDefinedRecognitionDivisionLinksHouseholdArenaEmployersEthnicityDifferent LevelsFosteringEthnic GroupsDivision Of LaborRemunerationLabor Force Author:Immanuel Wallerstein
“I am suggesting that there is, and always has been, a rather high correlation between ethnicity and occupation/economic role throughout the various time-space zones of historical capitalism.” Has BeensSpaceRolesEconomicCapitalismHistoricalVariousZoneOccupationSuggestingEthnicityCorrelation Book:Capistalist Civilisation Source: Capistalist Civilisation
“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
“The free market is notorious for distributing resources in a highly unequal manner, with great concentrations of wealth at the top and poverty at the bottom. Our social programs, modest compared to those of many other Western countries, play an important role in redistributing some of those resources from the haves to the have-nots.” ImportantCountryPlaySocialWealthPovertyRolesCapitalismResourcesProgramWesternBottomConcentrationModestFree MarketNotoriousSocial ProgramsConcentration Of Wealth Author:Linda McQuaig
“Starting from the very reasonable, but unfortunately revolutionary concept that social practices which threaten the continuation of life on Earth must be changed, we need a theory of revolutionary ecology that will encompass social and biological issues, class struggle, and a recognition of the role of global corporate capitalism in the oppression of peoples and the destruction of nature.” NeedsEarthSocialClassRolesPracticeStruggleIssuesChangedTheoryConceptsCapitalismDestructionStartingOppressionRecognitionCorporateRevolutionaryReasonableEcologyClass StruggleContinuationDestruction Of NatureContinuation Of Life Author:Judi Bari
“I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.” PeopleWayYearsBelieveLongImportantHelpingCareLostBitsTermForgetRolesFocusPlanetsCapitalismProfitDrivenLong TermBetter LifeShort Term Author:Richard Branson
“Capitalism is the greatest poverty-fighting machine in the history of mankind, and I'm proud of the role I've played in it.” FightingPovertyRolesMankindProudCapitalismMachines Author:Bruce Rauner