Capitalism Quotes - Page 16

• Marx, however imperfectly he worked out the details, set himself the task of discovering the law of motion of capitalism, and if there is any hope of progress in economics at all, it must be in using academic methods to solve the problems posed by Marx.

  Joan Robinson

  Law, Progress, Details

  Joan Robinson (1967). “Essay on Marxian Economics”, p.95, Springer

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• The American capitalists are richer and stronger than their counterparts in other lands. They are also younger and more ignorant, and therefore more inclined to seek a rough settlement of difficulties without diplomatic subtlety and finesse. All that does not change the fact that American capitalism operates according to the same laws as the others, is confronted with the same fundamental problems, and is headed toward the same catastrophe.

  James P. Cannon

  Law, Land, Ignorant

  "Fascism and The Workers’ Movement". The Militant, www.marxists.org. March-April 1954.

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• Individual capitalists, in short, necessarily act in such a way as to de-stabilize capitalism.

  David Harvey

  Way, Individual, Capitalist

  "The Limits To Capital". Book by David Harvey, 1982.

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• Capitalism does what it does and money doesn't belong to anybody. It just stays in someone's wallet for a while, then it goes somewhere else. It always goes somewhere and it is always about to go somewhere.

  Henry Rollins

  Somewhere Else, Doe, Wallets

  Source: www.sinicalmagazine.com

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• The fundamental differences between Marxian and traditional orthodox economics are, first, that the orthodox economists accept the capitalist system as part of the eternal order of Nature, while Marx regards it as a passing phase in the transition from the feudal economy of the past to the socialist economy of the future.

  Joan Robinson

  Nature, Money, Work

  Joan Robinson (1967). “Essay on Marxian Economics”, p.1, Springer

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• Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.

  Howard Warren Buffett

  Perfect, May

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "The Charlie Rose Show", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• The fascinating thing to a dispassionate observer about the structure of life in the Soviet Union is that in their efforts to produce an unknown that we may let its ideologists call Socialism the Communist dictators have produced a brutal approximation of monopoly Capitalism, a system that has all the disadvantages of our own, with none of the palliatives which come to us from surviving competition and from the essential division of economic and political power which has so far made it possible for the humane traditions of the Western world to continue.

  John Dos Passos

  Effort, Political, Competition

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• The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated.

  Newt Gingrich

  Leadership, Money, Party

  "Gingrich: CBO a 'reactionary socialist institution'" By Charles Riley, money.cnn.com. November 22, 2011.

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• The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening to book selling, the future is happening to book selling.

  Jeff Bezos

  Leadership, Book, Technology

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• In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, Sea World said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked for comment, killer whales said, 'Hey, you know what's a larger habitat?' THE OCEAN.

  Conan O'Brien

  Nature, Ocean, Health

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• American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.

  Max Lerner

  Knights, American Capitalism, Robber Baron

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• We can't afford the wrath of Heaven. We survived a deluge by the skin of our teeth, but an economic crisis would be disastrous.

  Friedrich Durrenmatt

  Wrath, Heaven, Skins

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• It is sort of a bit of a caricature of capitalism, that it's always this zero-sum game where you have winners and losers. Silicon Valley, the technology industry at its best, creates a situation where everybody can be a winner.

  Peter Thiel

  Zero, Technology, Games

  Interview with Victoria Brown, bigthink.com. November 15, 2010.

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• America, as everybody knows, is a country of many contradictions, and a big contradiction for a long time has been between a very aggressive form of capitalism and consumerism against what might be called a kind of moral or civic impulse.

  David Foster Wallace

  Country, America, Long

  Source: www.nybooks.com

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• One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Honesty, Mistake

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• The fact that younger people are more inclined to socialism may well come with the fact that so many young people's first experience with capitalism is as a debtor.

  Chris Matthews

  People, Debtors, May

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.

  Bobby Jindal

  Work, Health, Sacrifice

  "The Silent War on Religious Liberty". Bobby Jindal's Remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, officeofgovernorbobbyjindal.createsend1.com. February 13, 2014.

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• It is a law of nature that everything run by the government will get more expensive and worse over time. Everything run by the private sector will get better and cheaper over time. The fact that [Obamacare] starts this badly does not bode well....We want healthcare run on the same system that gave us cell phones, flat screens, Jerry Garcia chia pets. Everything you submit to the free market...keeps getting better and better.

  Ann Coulter

  Running, Money, Party

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• We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.

  Naomi Klein

  Media, Giving, Political

  "This Changes Everything". Book by Naomi Klein, 2014.

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• Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing economic vulnerability of men and women alike.

  Stephanie Coontz

  Family, Money, Work

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• I think capitalism will survive, because no attractive alternatives exist now

  Jack Goldstone

  Thinking, Alternatives, Attractive

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• The spirit of militarism has already permeated all walks of life. Indeed, I am convinced that militarism is a greater danger here than anywhere else, because of the many bribes capitalism holds out to those whom it wishes to destroy.

  Emma Goldman

  Wish, Spirit, Danger

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.80, 谷月社

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• Other things, like capitalism, free enterprise, the economy, currency, the market, are not forces of nature, we invented them. They are not immutable and we can change them.

  David Suzuki

  Economy, Currency, Biosphere

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• The advantage of the free market system is that people invest their capital, they create jobs by investing their capital, and hopefully they get a return on that investment. I don't think there's anything wrong with good old American capitalism.

  Steve Stivers

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  "Exclusive Interview with Steve Stivers, Challenger of OH-15". Interview with Mytheos Holt, www.nationalreview.com. September 9, 2010.

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• What is the most effective, practical way of raising the wealth of nations? What causes wealth? I have come to think that the dream of democratic socialism is inferior to the dream of democratic capitalism, and that the latter's superiority in actual practice is undeniable.

  Michael Novak

  Dream, Thinking, Practice

  Michael Novak (1991). “The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism”, p.26, Rowman & Littlefield

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