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“The opposing tendencies of concentration and spread are of little consequence in the liberal model of political economy.”

Littles Political Economy Models Consequence Spread Tendencies Concentration Opposing Political Economy

Book:The Political Economy of International Relations

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations

“The tendency everywhere in America to concentrate power and responsibility in one man is unmistakable.”

Men Wisdom America Politics Responsibility Economy Tendencies Liberalism One Man Power And Responsibility

Book:The American Commonwealth

Source: The American Commonwealth

“The broad rich acres of our agricultural plains have been long preserved by nature to become her untrammeled gift to a people civilized and free, upon which should rest, in well-distributed ownership, the numerous homes of enlightened, equal, and fraternal citizens... Nor should our vast tracts of so-called desert lands be yielded up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individuals, as appears to be much the tendency under the existing statute.”

“If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position to attenuate the disruptive expansionary tendencies of our economy.”

Ifs Political Politics Economy Position Activity Authority Institutions Financial Tendencies Fringe Disruptive Constrain Financial Institutions

Author:Hyman Minsky

“The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless.”

Ifs Long Hands Government Law Politics Economy Mass Property Population Tendencies Liberalism Dependent Acceptable Rapids Accumulation

Book:The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster

Source: The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster

“Competitiveness is just as much a part of our nature as empathy. The ideal, in my view, is a democratic system with a social market economy, because it takes both tendencies into account.”

Social Views Economy Empathy Ideals Accounts Democratic Tendencies Competitiveness Market Economy

Author:Frans de Waal

“The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.”