The value of money has been settled by general consent to express our wants and our property, as letters were invented to express our ideas; and both these institutions, by giving a more active energy to the powers and passions of human nature, have contributed to multiply the objects they were designed to represent.
Edward GibbonTags: economics-philosophy
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
George CarlinTags: humor politics capitalism economics-philosophy
Perhaps he has confused making money with freedom.
John Charles ChasteenTags: freedom greed economics-philosophy
Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back
Adam SmithTags: economics-philosophy
Decided to put aside ethnic differences in the cause of making more money.
Terry PratchettTags: humor economics-philosophy
Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelTags: philosophy economics interesting hegel economics-philosophy innovative
Selling is a painful necessity, buying is what makes it all worthwhile.
Steven E. LandsburgTags: humor economics-philosophy
Great leap forwards in mankind do not take place because of the economic values we place on them. They happen because we strive to do better and to be better. The sooner we break away from the 'if it makes money it must be good' mentality the better off we all shall be.
David Alejandro FearnheadTags: economics-philosophy
African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to help established their economic security so as to minimize poverty. This incoherent blunder on the mainland must be scrutinized.
Duop Chak WuolTags: africa leadership loans grant economics-philosophy
The laws you see today are a direct consequence of economic illiteracy in the general population. If every voter learned economics tonight, the laws would change tomorrow.
Ben MathewTags: economics-philosophy
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