Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 11, Theory Of Rent, p. 369
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
La vie d'un homme occupé à manger sa fortune devient souvent une spéculation; il place ses capitaux en amis, en plaisirs, en protecteurs, en connaissances.
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part II: A Woman Without a Heart
Thomas Robert Malthus Principles of Political Economy
Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section IV, p. 349 ( See also; Says Law)
Principles of Political Economy (Second Edition 1836)
Joan Robinson (1903–1983) English economist
Source: Contributions to Modern Economics (1978), Chapter 5, The Rate of Interest, p. 46
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela
Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1486 <br class="br">2005
“Capitalism—and I say it with such gusto—capitalism is so obsolete that it is dying by itself.”
Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba
Comments on Latin American Debt (15 September 1985) http://info.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/castro/1985/19850915 <br class="br">Context: Let us yield a bit. Let us grant socialism a few more years. Socialism is so obsolete, it is dying by itself.… Did I say socialism? I assure you on my honor this was not a mental slip. This was a slip of the tongue. Do not forget that. Capitalism—and I say it with such gusto—capitalism is so obsolete that it is dying by itself.
David Harvey (1935) British anthropologist
Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 4, Technology, Labour Process And Value, p. 122
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Source: 1910s, Proposed Roads To Freedom (1918), Ch. VI: International relations, p. 99
David Ricardo (1772–1823) British political economist, broker and politician
Original Preface, p. 1
The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition)
“Knowledge may be enjoyed as a speculative diversion, but it is needed for decision making.”
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Source: 1980s–1990s, Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996), Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
“Primitivism has become the vulgar cliche of much modern art and speculation.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 77
