20720 | Time is money, ..credit is money, ..and money breeds more money [Franklin] |
20680 | Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari] |
20525 | Free markets lead to boom and bust, pointless middlemen, and alienated workers [Engels] |
21994 | The handmill gives feudalism, the steam mill capitalism [Marx] |
20958 | Capitalism changes the world, by socialising the idea of a commodity [Marx, by Bowie] |
23876 | The essence of capitalism is the subordination of people to things [Marx, by Weil] |
20960 | Marx thought capitalism was partly liberating, and could make labour and ownership more humane [Marx, by Bowie] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
21518 | Men unite in pursuit of material things, and idealise greed as part of group loyalty [Russell] |
23861 | Marx showed that capitalist oppression, because of competition, is unstoppable [Weil] |
23845 | The capitalists neglect the people and the nation, and even their own interests [Weil] |
23897 | Once money is the main aim, society needs everyone to think wealth is possible [Weil] |
21853 | We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society [Deleuze] |
22254 | Economic capitalist liberty naturally leads to democratic political liberty [Novak] |
22853 | Anyone who thinks capitalism can improve their lives is endorsing capitalism [Lukes] |
22252 | Capitalism may actually be the best way to foster community [Conway,D] |
22253 | Capitalism is just the market, with optional limited government, and perhaps democracy [Conway,D] |
22256 | Capitalism prefers representative democracy, which avoids community decision-making [Conway,D] |
22255 | Capitalism breaks up extended families, and must then provide welfare for the lonely people [Conway,D] |
22257 | Capitalism is anti-community, by only valuing individuals, and breaking up families [Conway,D] |
22368 | It is hard to imagine the end of capitalism [Fisher] |
20098 | Fans of economic freedom claim that capitalism is self-correcting [Micklethwait/Wooldridge] |
20682 | The main rule of capitalism is that all other goods depend on economic growth [Harari] |
20681 | The sacred command of capitalism is that profits must be used to increase production [Harari] |
20683 | The progress of capitalism depends entirely on the new discoveries and gadgets of science [Harari] |
20687 | In capitalism the rich invest, and the rest of us go shopping [Harari] |
23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
23140 | Environmental disasters result not from capitalism, but from a general drive for growth [Gopnik] |
24070 | Economies have material, economic and capitalist layers [Davies,W] |
24072 | Capitalism is the anti-market, with opacity, monopolies, powers, exceptional profits and wealth [Davies,W] |
24073 | Capitalists use their exceptional power to impose their own rules, and make the state their ally [Davies,W] |
24074 | Capitalism must mainly rely either on the labour market, or on the financial markets [Davies,W] |
24071 | Markets are transparent, with known prices and activity, and minimal profits [Davies,W] |
24155 | Capitalism has boom and bust, inequality of power and wealth, and a love of monopoly [Hutton] |
24156 | Capitalism is the best system for innovation, opportunity and better living standards [Hutton] |