I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists. – Michael Parenti
Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination. – Pankaj Mishra
Capitalism is not an economic system, but a world-outlook, or rather, a part of a whole world-outlook. – Francis Parker Yockey
Teenagers are in some ways the best readers because their imaginations haven’t been narrowed down by boring things like jobs and the realities of money and capitalism. – Matt Haig
‘Up in the Air’ is not a political movie. It won’t be mistaken for either a Michael Moore or Any Rand polemic on capitalism. – Frank Rich
You’ll notice that for many progressives, taking from the rich is not simply a necessity of budgeting but a moral imperative and a tool to institute fairness that capitalism supposedly hasn’t. – David Harsanyi
While there’s capitalism, there’ll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice. – Ed Miliband
Capitalism is not so much an aberration as a step on an evolutionary path, and one that contains within it some of the answers to its own contradictions. – Geoff Mulgan
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It’s corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. – Paul Ryan
I don’t think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by ‘unbridled’ you mean unregulated. – Chris Patten
I am an ardent supporter of capitalism – but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not. – Gary Hamel
If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women. – Christopher Hampton
Everybody’s doing it. In capitalism, you try to get the highest price you can for a product. – Martin Shkreli
I’m signing on to be an athlete, and it’s almost like Karl Marx’s theory on capitalism. I am both the worker and the product. I’m choosing to be a part of this system, thus I’m choosing to be part of the conditions that are set in this system. – Lawrence Jackson
Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest. – Joseph A. Schumpeter
I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the United States and around the world. – Michael Moore
Here’s what I don’t think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I’m tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century; we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. – Michael Moore
I’m tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. – Michael Moore
When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I’m like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we’re walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides. – Louis C. K.