“The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.” MaySelfInterestEconomicExpressionTypeCapitalismMereGreedRangePettySelf InterestAdmirableSelf ExpressionEconomic Systems Author:Felix Frankfurter
“Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, and as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can't be transcended from with capitalism itself, but through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.” MindSaidDoneJusticeDemocracyDoubtTypeCapitalismEverydayConvincedSocialismNo DoubtCan NotEquality And Justice Author:Hugo Chavez
“The more moral the people are in their business dealings, the less paperwork you need, the more handshakes you can have, the more the wheels of capitalism work better because there's trust in the marketplace. Business ethics is not a joke. And, in fact, I think most businesses that I've dealt with encourage exactly that type of behavior.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFactsMoralTypeBehaviorJokesEthicsCapitalismWheelsMarketplaceDealingsHandshakePaperworkBusiness Ethics Author:Rick Santorum
“What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.” TodayTypeCapitalismSocialismTransfersBureaucratsCronies Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“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
“The tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic and political patterns …it is safe to predict that… such social inventions as modern-type capitalism, facism and communism will be regarded as primitive experiments directed towards the adjustment of modern society to modern methods” StillsPoliticalSocialTechnologyEconomicModernTypeDevelopmentSafeEqualCapitalismMethodPatternsExperimentsInventionCommunismPrimitiveAdjustmentScience And TechnologyModern Society Author:Ralph Linton
“If you want to save capitalism there is only one type of argument that you should adopt, the only one that has ever won in any moral issue: the argument from self-esteem. Check your premises, convince yourself of the rightness of your cause, then fight for capitalism with full, moral certainty.” IfsWantShouldSelfFightingCausesMoralIssuesSelf EsteemTypeCapitalismArgumentChecksEsteemCertaintyConvincePremisesMoral Issues Author:Ayn Rand
“Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied.” PeopleThinkingChildrenMotherCultureFashionBabyTypeCapitalismBlameDiscussionThinkerCentreTabloidsPsychoUnsatisfiedBoomersBaby BoomerBarley Author:Peter York