Economics Quotes

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff" "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value" "The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty." "Lack of money is the root of all evil." "The Wealth of Nations is the Bible of capitalism" "Man is an animal that makes bargains no other animal does this no dog exchanges bones with another" "Economic conditions, cultural avarice, and the exploitation of memory colonized the text before it was even set down" "Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable" "The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future" "Human beings are the only animals who have to work" "A rich man is one who isn't afraid to ask the salesperson to show him something cheaper" "Too much money, ain't enough money" "Money is the most universal and most efficient system of mutual trust ever devised" "In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right" "Monopoly is the condition of every successful business." "Everything is governed by interest " "With the dollars, comes the sense." "There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency" "Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function" "The sinews of war are infinite money"