Comments on: Notably Quotable: Capitalism, Failure and the Economy

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:56:37 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and additional submissions everyone!

By: Kevin McIntosh

Kevin McIntosh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:05:01 +0000

Nice, post, Jeffry. The good mix of quotes tells an interesting story.

By: Denise Wymore

Denise Wymore — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:55:58 +0000

Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, & over these ideals they dispute & cannot unite–but they all worship money.
- Mark Twain’s Notebook

By: Ben Rogers

Ben Rogers — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Not quite as pithy, but equally relevant:

Creative destruction means that old established companies under capitalism tend to lose their dynamism with time and atrophy under a layer of corporate bureaucracy and complacency. Then entrepreneurs, who usually have few links to the past, introduce bold and fresh ideas for new products, manufacturing techniques, or distribution and displace the old order. The process is often destructive, but also creative. -George M. Taber