Home / Topics / Economics Quotes

Economics Quotes

Browse 2895 quotes about Economics.

Economics Quotes

“The democratic ideal springs from the ideas of liberty, equality, majority rule through free elections, protection of the rights of minorities, and freedom to subscribe to multiple loyalties in matters of religion, economics, and politics rather than to a total loyalty to the state. The spirit of democracy is the idea of importance and worth in the individual, and faith in the kind of world where the individual can achieve as much of his potential as possible.”

Source: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals

“Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship.”

People Thinking Spirit Turns Creativity Economics Entrepreneur Resilience Entrepreneurship

Author:Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

“I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together. I find them very irksome. Very difficult to like. They are privileged, but they don't want to talk about their privilege. It's difficult to find poetry amongst these people. Some sort of hidden spirit of beauty.”

People Want Together Spirit Difficult Class Groups Middle Economics India Privilege Relate Middle Class Patriotic Privileged

Author:Sarnath Banerjee

“While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.”

Ifs Thinking Hard Spirit Economics Opposites Executives Salary Euro

Author:Jonathan Sacks

“As Charles Darwin said,'The economy shown by Nature in her resources is striking,'' says the Spirit. 'All wealth comes from Nature. Without it, there wouldn't be any economics. The primary wealth is food, not money. Therefore anything that concerns the handling of the land also concerns me.”

Said Spirit Wealth Economy Land Resources Concern Economics Primaries

Book:Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

Source: Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth

“It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.”

Spirit Force Liberty Progress Duty Capitalism Economics Stronger Competition Productions Accidents Libertarian Libertarianism Alas Egoism

Book:The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It

Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It

“Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit”

Humans Spirit Honest Ignorance Flower Economics Humble Finest Human Spirit

Author:Kenneth E. Boulding

“Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government has no resources of its own, and since there's no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person's property to give it to another to whom it does not belong - in effect, legalized theft.”

“A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.”

People May Spirit Achieve Capitalism Advantage Economics Pursue Possessed Commerce Founders Founding Banking Our Founding Fathers Us Founding Fathers

Book:The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

“Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to come, can only be taken as the result of animal spirits-a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities.”

Action Spirit Decision Animal Results Taken Benefits Consequence Economics Average Outcomes Urges Spontaneous Probability Inaction Days To Come Animal Spirits

Author:John Maynard Keynes