Economics Quotes

"We don’t have a monopoly. We have market share. There’s a difference" "Competitive markets destroy profits" "The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it" "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics" "Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem" "Inflation is taxation without legislation." "There is no greater spellbinder of the mind than the chime of silver coins upon a begging plate." "The love of money is not the root of all evil. The lack of money is the root of all evil." "You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption." "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program" "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"