The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn't very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more?Matt Haig
I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.Thomas Sowell
I am committed to the agenda of lowering taxes, deregulating, and keeping the economy growing.Javier Milei
Daise the wage of airline pilots, and air travel will become more expensive. Fewer people will fly, and there will be fewer jobs for airline pilots.Milton Friedman
The information age has made Thiel rich, but it has also been a disappointment to him. It hasn't created enough jobs, and it hasn't produced revolutionary improvements in manufacturing and productivity. The creation of virtual worlds turns out to be no substitute for advances in the physical world.George Packer
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.Ron Paul
Today, states don't need to directly control the means of production to control every aspect of the lives of individuals. With tools such as printing money, debt, subsidies, controlling the interest rate, price controls and regulations to correct the so-called market failures, they can control the lives and fates of millions of individuals.Javier Milei
And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.Liz Truss
Black money is a cancer in our economic system, not yet terminal or life-threatening.Subramanian Swamy
In the simplest terms, inflation occurs when there's too much money in the system. On the flip side, deflation occurs when there are too few dollars in circulation.Robert Kiyosaki
War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be made. So there is always an encouragement to promote war and keep it going, to make sure that we identify people who are 'others' whom we can legitimately make war upon.Roger Waters
In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.Fareed Zakaria
At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.Ethan Hawke
Raising the personal allowance is massively expensive. For the same amount of money, you could look at reducing the rate of tax.Nigel Lawson
And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.Arthur Laffer
I came from a middle-class family. My father was a professor in a medical college, and my mother was a schoolteacher. We led a good life but we did not have much money.Sudha Murty
When the financial system works as it should, money and capital flow to and from households and businesses to pay for home loans, school loans, and investments to create jobs.Henry Paulson
What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money is one of the textbook steps in a shift from authoritarianism to an open society.Chrystia Freeland
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.Voltaire
It is no small thing for an American to be able to go into a fast-food restaurant and to buy a double cheeseburger, fries, and a large Coke for a price equal to less than an hour of labor at the minimum wage - indeed, in the long sweep of history, this represents a remarkable achievement.Michael Pollan
Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets.Michael Douglas
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.Herbert Hoover
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.Adam Smith