Quotes About Economy

Translated into ordinary human language this means that the development of capitalism has arrived at a stage when, although commodity production still "reigns" and continues to be regarded as the basis of economic life, it has in reality been undermined and the bulk of the profits go to the "geniuses" of financial manipulation.

At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators.

Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital.

Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly.

Business is the salt of life.

Anarchism, to me, means not only the denial of authority, not only a new economy, but a revision of the principles of morality. It means the development of the individual as well as the assertion of the individual. It means self-responsibility, and not leader worship.

To achieve his goal, Marx required two things: First, the total annihilation of all opposition, the downfall of all existing governments, all economies and all societies. "Then," he wrote, "I shall stride through the wreckage a creator!" The second thing he needed was a new kind of human being.

The wealth of a nation depends on its people, management, and government, more than on its natural resources.

Loss of market, and resulting unemployment, are not foreordained. They are not inevitable. They are man-made.

If we don't overthrow capitalism, we don't have a chance of saving the world ecologically.

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.

The burgeoisie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all nations into civilization.

All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.

You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A solid opening repertoire fosters self-confidence.

Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.

I think confidence will come back.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.