“The gods sell to us all the goods which they give us.” GivingCostSellsGoods Author:Epicharmus of Kos
“[Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and then to allow the products of other countries which are not surrounded by any similar legislation, which are free from any similar cost and expenditure freely to enter our country in competition with our own goods...If these foreign goods come in cheaper, one of two things must follow...either you will take lower wages or you will lose your work.” IfsTwoCountrySocialLosesProductsCostRaisesCompetitionRaisedProductionsOur CountryTwo ThingsGoodsOther CountriesLegislationWagesCheaperExpendituresIllogical Author:Joseph Chamberlain
“Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.” IndividualPrideCostDearProsperityGoodsLiable Author:Hosea Ballou
“Churches are tax exempt because they are supposed to provide a public good. To prove that good to the IRS, churches arent supposed to hoard their money. They are supposed to spend it on goods and services for the faithful. Under this pretense, the church has made massive investments in tax free real estate all over the world. And when it comes to labor costs, they are almost free.” WorldMadeRealChurchCostProveTaxesLaborInvestmentFaithfulMassiveGoodsEstatesPretenseIrsPublic GoodGoods And Services Author:Lawrence Wright
“Very few people would choose to have even the most fabled assortment of goods if it meant getting cancer within the year. But the choice involves not the certainty of cancer very soon but an increased probability of cancer at some time in the future. The cancers are no less real; millions will die painfully and prematurely because of what we do to our environment. But the choice is not an easily visualizable one, and our capacity of denial comes strongly into play - as it tends to whenever we must weigh future costs against immediate benefits.” PeopleIfsYearsRealPlayDiesChoicesMillionsEnvironmentCostBenefitsCapacityEnvironmentalCancerCertaintyDenialGoodsPollutionProbabilityOur Environment Author:Paul L Wachtel
“The essence and the glory of the free market is that individual firms and businesses, competing on the market, provide an ever-changing orchestration of efficient and progressive goods and services: continually improving products and markets, advancing technology, cutting costs, and meeting changing consumer demands as swiftly and as efficiently as possible.” IndividualTechnologyCuttingProductsCostDemandGloryEssenceMeetingsConsumersFirmGoodsProgressiveEfficientImprovingCompetingFree MarketAdvancingGoods And ServicesOrchestration Book:For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto Source: For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
“I would like people to be more aware of the fact that ultimately we are paying for things, and it's not just as privacy advocates point out that we're paying with our time and our data. We're also paying with money, because the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on advertising is just factored into the cost of the goods that we buy. It's all coming out of our pocket, just in a really roundabout way.” PeopleWayFactsCostDollarsBillionsAdvertisingDataOur TimePrivacyPocketsGoodsComing Out Author:Astra Taylor
“If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector” IfsWould BeSocialEconomicCostTaxesIncreaseConsumersProductiveGamblingGoodsRevenueBanned Author:John Warren Kindt
“Clearly, there needs to be an increase in the capacity of the railway system. That's why there are these projections of increasing the capacity to carry freight on the railways by 30% over the next five years or so, because the volume of goods moved up and down, imports, exports, and within the country, has grown much larger than the capacity. And this is part of the higher costs to business, because charges, for instance, at the ports become too high and they put up the prices of these goods, whether they are imports or exports. You want to reduce that.” WantNeedsYearsCountryNextFiveHigherCostCapacityIncreaseMovedInstanceFive YearsGoodsVolumeUp And DownProjectionPortImportsRailway Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The truth is that business is simple: create great products, merchandise them at the point of sale, continuously innovate and surprise, reward and achieve a position of loyalty with your front line, and seek new truth from the market. Deliver the goods at a competitive cost. Price to earn a decent but not competitively inviting return. Not much else matters.” MatterLinesSimpleAchieveFrontsPositionProductsReturnTruth IsCostSurpriseRewardsLoyaltyDecentGoodsInvitingMerchandise Author:Michael J. Silverstein
“Requiring the payment of higher wages will lead to a loss of some jobs and a raising of prices which drives companies to search for automation to reduce costs. On the other hand, those receiving higher wages will spend more (the marginal propensity to consume is close to 1 for low income earners) and this will increase demand for additional goods and services. Henry Ford had the clearest vision of why companies can actually benefit by paying higher wages.” HandsJobsLossCompanyVisionHigherCostDemandBenefitsLowsIncreaseIncomeGoodsReceivingWagesPaymentPropensityGoods And ServicesLow IncomeAutomation Author:Philip Kotler
“Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.” FeetCostMajorsAbuseConsumersGoodsHealthcareLawsuitContributorsGoods And Services Author:Charles W. Pickering
“What an economy really wants, after all, is not more investment per se but better investment. It wants capital to flow to companies that will create value - not in the form of a rising stock price but in the form of more goods for less cost, more jobs, and rising wages - by enhancing productivity.” WantJobsFormValuesCompanyEconomyCostFlowInvestmentProductivityRisingGoodsWagesStock Price Author:James Surowiecki