Quotes About Economics

Without credit default swaps, there might never have been a President Donald Trump.

months. Various studies estimate that somewhere between 70 million and 430 million people will be pushed back into extreme poverty over the next few years.

There is a larger critique of markets, though, that goes beyond economics. Market-centric thinking has invaded every area of human life, leaving little space for other values like fairness, equality, or intrinsic value.

Erst wenn man einen Abschluss in Philosophie, einen in Soziologie und einen in Wirtschaft hat, merkt man, dass man eigentlich nur was von Elektrizität und vom Klempnern verstehen muss, um in der Welt rumzukommen.

Punjabi farmers are very enterprising, but they need to know where to sell the produce and what the end cost will be.

The government is simply working to ensure that the farmers get better price discovery for their produce.

I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.

What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.

The more women grow economically, there will be more allegations against them. If they don't grow, if they are quiet, nobody is going to find fault with them.

How does allowing China to constantly rig trade in its favor advance the core conservative goal of making markets more efficient?

I am in favor of economic freedom, but I am not a conservative.

I am in favour of a fully transferable allowance.

Because of economics, you have to feed the demographics that are buying your product. So, as Asia becomes a much more economic influence on the products that are being made from America, I think people have to be sensitive.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

Few people think about politics every day. But they are in the market every day.

The modern economics of the theater is such that we write plays with fewer and fewer characters.

All of us in Canada have to be better at making a dollar count, because we have fewer dollars.

You can't just magically create subsides through executive fiat.

I don't think central banks are going to give up fiat currency anytime in my lifetime.

Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear.

At the end of the day, filmmaking is a business. You want everyone to make money.

I grew up in Finance.

My background is around economics and finance; yet, of course, in professional services, talent is key. And for many of our clients, whatever the industry, they all are coming to me saying their No. 1 challenge is getting the right talent.

There's an awful lot of us who don't quite speak finance, speak money.