“Capitalism has brought about the emancipation of collective humanity with respect to nature. But this collective humanity has itself taken on with respect to the individual the oppressive function formerly exercised by nature.” HumanityIndividualTakenCapitalismFunctionCollectivesEmancipation Book:Gravity and Grace Source: Gravity and Grace
“The Internet has taken shape with startlingly little planning? The most universal and indispensable network on the planet somehow burgeoned without so muchasa boardofdirectors, never minda mergers-and- acquisitions department. There is a paradoxical lesson here for strategists. In economic terms, the great corporations are acting like socialist planners, while old- fashioned free-market capitalism blossoms at their feet.” LittlesTermActingTakenFeetEconomicPlanetsInternetLessonsShapesCapitalismUniversalPlanningCorporationsDepartmentSocialistIndispensableOld FashionedFree MarketAcquisitionParadoxicalStrategistPlannersMergersFree Market CapitalismMergers And Acquisitions Author:James Gleick
“I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken into consideration, not just the greed of a corporate few.” BelieveCareI BelieveTakenRightsEthicsCapitalismGreedCorporateConsiderationReplaced Book:A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams Source: A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams
“Economics as a discipline has in effect become the study of capitalism. The two are taken as the same subject.” TwoStudyTakenSubjectsEffectsDisciplineCapitalismEconomics Author:John Lanchester
“A new poll out taken by a Republican group that shows most Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism. Those terms don't mean what they did maybe 40, 50 years ago.” YearsMeanShowsTermTakenGroupsRepublicanCapitalismYears AgoDemocratSocialismPolls Author:Chris Matthews
“It has taken me a long time to realize where I most disagree with Marx. His assessment of capitalism is far too favorable. He took its instability, inhumanity and irrationality to be signs that it was a merely transitional form, which had delivered into humanity's hands the means to a much better way of life than any that have ever existed on earth. Marx could not bring himself to believe that our species is so benighted, irrational and slavish that it would put up with such a monstrous way of life.” WayBelieveMeanLongHandsEarthFormHumanityRealizingTakenLong TimeCapitalismSpeciesDisagreeIrrationalBetter WaysMonstrousAssessmentInstabilityInhumanityIrrationality Author:Allen W. Wood
“Basically, global capitalism, basically to support it, or is it to be opposed? Is international order to be supported, or is it to be opposed? Republicans have taken a very clear line.” OrderLinesSupportTakenClearRepublicanCapitalismInternational Author:Mark Shields
“Basically, global capitalism, basically to support it, or is it to be opposed? Is international order to be supported, or is it to be opposed? Republicans have taken a very clear line. Democrats can have a different version of the line, or they can just say, no, we are the party of international peace and activism, and we're the party that's going to have a civilized capitalism.” DifferentOrderLinesPartySupportTakenClearRepublicanCapitalismDemocratInternationalActivismVersionsCivilizedInternational PeaceJust Say No Author:David Brooks
“This is an incredibly creative time. It is a difficult time. It is a disparaging time. A time of cultural and global transitions based on the realization that the Earth cannot support nonsustainable practices anymore. I believe capitalism will eventually be replaced by a communitarian ethic where the rights and care of all beings will be taken into consideration, not just the greed of a corporate few.” BelieveCareEarthI BelieveDifficultSupportCreativeTakenEthicsCapitalismGreedRealizationConsiderationReplacedDifficult Times Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“I love creating things, and as an entrepreneur, I've taken on quite a lot of major corporations and done well. Capitalism is the only system that works, but it has its flaws; for one, it brings great wealth to only a few people. That wealth obviously brings extreme responsibility.” PeopleDoneWealthResponsibilityTakenCapitalismEntrepreneurFlaws Author:Richard Branson
“We kind of know that food is necessary to survive. But our ways of connecting with food have been, in many ways, taken over by capitalism - certainly taken over by the influence large corporations have on the way that we eat and the way that we think about food. That's why kids these days are more prepared to take nutritional advice from Ronald McDonald than they are from their parents or their teachers or from scientists. And particularly in urban areas, you'll see kids who honestly believe tomatoes come from the supermarket rather than from a plant.” ThinkingBelieveKindKidsParentTakenTeacherInfluenceAdviceCapitalismScientistPlantHonestlyUrban Author:Raj Patel
“A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us.” SufferingTakenTrustInternetCapitalismGreedStupidityNewspapersPublic Trust Author:Michael Moore
“Property, as a general social institution, well-divided property, having disappeared and Capitalism having taken its place, you cannot reverse the process without acting against natural economic tendencies.” WellsProcessNaturalActingTakenEconomicCapitalismPropertyTendenciesDividedReverse Author:Hilaire Belloc
“You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without first saying profit must be taken out of the slums. You're really tampering and getting on dangerous ground because you are messing with folk then. You are messing with captains of industry. Now this means that we are treading in difficult water, because it really means that we are saying that something is wrong with capitalism.” FirstsMeanProblemDifficultWaterTalkingTakenEconomicDangerousIndustryCapitalismDollarsFolksProfitBillionsUnexpectedCaptainsReally MeanSlumsTreadingEconomic ProblemsCaptains Of Industry Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.