Sentences with phrase «n't about capitalism»

This isn't about capitalism.

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Whenever I hear folks whine about the evils of capitalism and corporate America — how corporations are not people — I wish they could understand that it's not the size of an organization that matters, but how well it maintains an innovative culture as it grows.

«The most amazing thing about capitalism is that it's not a zero - sum game.

And while it's clear that building the 21st - century economy is inevitably about spinning the digital roulette wheel a lot of the time, we can't forget that capitalism isn't just a casino.

For whatever personal convictions that drives him to do so (not every CEO writes polemics about free - market capitalism in their spare time time) Mackey has elected himself the firebrand leader to inspire the next generation of leaders that must reverse the public perception of business.

For decades, if not centuries, talking about one's salary has been the biggest taboo in capitalism, which is why the idea of salary transparency — the current «it» strategy among progressive young private companies — makes so many people uncomfortable.

If you haven't read Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty - First Century, if you haven't read The Zero Marginal Cost Society [Jeremy Rifkin's account of how extreme gains in productivity are disrupting capitalism by rendering many goods and services almost free], you can not even have a conversation with me about what the future is holding.

Now there's no doubt that something has, indeed, gone badly wrong with capitalism in the recent economic cycle, but we hasten to add that stocks are not only a claim on one year or one cycle of cash flows, but are claims on a stream of future deliverable cash flows with an effective duration of about 50 years.

A professor of economics who worked for many years on Wall Street, where you don't succeed if you don't grasp Marx's dictum that capitalism is about exploitation.

Most of the stuff that this guy brings out; Old capitalism versus new capitalism, Financial intelligence and education and the importance of both, the possible pitfalls of the American social security system and medicare, Taxation system - who it favors and who it hurts the most, all the stuff about residential homes not being assets, the dollar and how it continues to decline in value and the rest all this stuff is absolutely true.

His other books include Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).

So it's not possible that Pope Francis was talking about rampant capitalism?

But beyond all debates about what caused the 2008 financial crisis, even during the prosperous years of the aughties a sense of unease was growing, a feeling that if this society was what triumph of global capitalism entailed, in which the small towns shriveled and most manufacturing went overseas, then maybe it wasn't a good thing.

If Romney just wants someone who will dutifully parrot the campaign - generated talking points about how Obama is for European socialism and doesn't understand the business of business while Romney is for the entrepreneurs of free market capitalism America, then Pawlenty is the guy.

«It's sad because this Pope makes it very clear he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism and so forth,» Limbaugh said.

U2 didn't know it was such a hand - me down, and neither did I. Both they and I would have been insulted to have been told that there was something communist - like about the idea of modern greed / capitalism causing modern wars.

When political science students were challenged about being Republicans, they were not thereby disenfranchised from voting; when economics students were challenged on the merits of capitalism, they were not thereby excluded from purchasing notebooks, But when students were told that everything they had learned about their religion before entering this class was wrong, did we know — or care — if their capacity to function religiously in a mature fashion was diminished?

This article is about the moral cowardice of the Christain clergy, who are willing to preach sermons about the holiness of Capitalism (which is NOT in the Bible) but who will not mention helping the poor (which is all over the BiblNOT in the Bible) but who will not mention helping the poor (which is all over the Biblnot mention helping the poor (which is all over the Bible).

Limbaugh believes that very clear Pope Francis doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism.

Marx made life under capitalism seem much worse than it actually is, and he didn't spend a lot of time talking about the good side of modern prosperity and freedom.

«It's sad because this pope makes it very clear he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism and so forth.»

Pope Francis is not about ending Capitalism, but urging regulation and morality, specifically protection and relief for the poor.

'' «It's sad because this pope makes it very clear he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to capitalism and socialism...»

Don't Tell me about how great your capitalism is that you worship and exalt above the Word of God!

OK, it's not the most accessible thing at a glance, but Okja is packed with things to say about animal rights, capitalism, monopolization and even refugee crises.

With the coming of television, people were further encouraged to meet the needs of capitalism: to consume without end, to use up, throw away and buy again; to repress individuality so as to not question the process which provided an endless stream of products; to seek the immediate and the sensational, changing the channel every few seconds if it did not provide immediate stimulation; and, above all, never to ask questions about the real meaning of the system itself.

It must be emphasized that such a reassessment would properly be a far cry from the triumphalism about democratic capitalism that (understandably perhaps) found favor in right - of - center circles in the last few years: we must be careful not to substitute a right - leaning utopianism for the left - leaning one of the past.

Robert T. Miller replies to R. R. Reno on capitalism and economic freedom: The debate on economic issues between conservatives and liberals is not about whether the government should regulate the market or whether wealth should be redistributed.

It does not defend or support capitalism and is not about the second return of Jesus.

While Chesterton's famous summary of distributism — «The problem with capitalism is not that there are too many capitalists but too few» — says nothing about the kind of capital we should care about, in his work it is bound up with all sorts of extraneous reactionary material.

The grim reality is that Corporate America is very much not concerned with giving; in fact the very practice goes against just about everything capitalism stands for.

As a result most of the arguments have been about their right to protest there and not their criticisms of capitalism.

So I say bring it on, come from all four corners of the Earth and lets together build a better society, an inclusive society, a free society where we don't suffer apoplexy at the sight of a burka or niqab, where the colour of your skin means nothing more than a reminder of the accidental random allocation of your birthplace on this planet.We all need to learn a lot more about the history of this nation and some of the very very cruel things that it has done in the name of Empire, and before (and is still doing in the name of Capitalism thinly veiled as national security).

Tomasi tries to deflect worries about capitalism in practice by claiming the high ground of ideal theory: the philosophical choice between free market fairness and its alternatives ultimately rests not on empirical and feasibility concerns, but rather on which vision of justice is most compelling at a moral level.

A lot could be said about existing systems - and even more could be said about systems that «could» exist - but let it suffice to say that Capitalism and Democracy do not «have» to co-exist within any given economy.

Yet even though the debate about economics has been thrown wide open, even contributors to left - leaning publications seem unable to make the leap between the problem of capitalism and a solution that doesn't revolve around increasing our net financial wealth.

The difference is that the unionists want to keep the proceeds for their members — and the activists don't really care where the money goes, so long as they get to spank capitalism and feel good about themselves.

Akshar talks about not only continuing the crony capitalism in NY State but doubling down on it in the Southern Tier.

Nowadays, there are some people who will tell you that because capitalism is here to stay there aren't really any choices any more about what kind of society we need.

I suggest that labour - uncut, goes off, thinks up a few sensible policies, that are relevant to a government of 2020, maybe has a few ideas on the EU referendum, and accepts that the Corbyn fans of Students who read a article about how, capitalism is bad, because there was enough money for everyone in the 80's, and the Tories only got in because people who voted for them were dumb and read the Daily mail, because you're not going to convince anyone that labour Will be destroyed in 2020 ′ because the Tories may implode over infighting like they did with Westland or ousting Thatcher, but win in 87 ′ and 92 ′ anyway

He wasn't able to say how many members there are in the State Legislature (he said 70 in the Senate and 140 in the Assembly; there are 63 and 150, respectively) and it doesn't take much to get him to talk, openly, about his respect for the socialist movement and his desire to up - end the current mores of American capitalism.

But why should they when Gilroy's own film is about nothing so much as the corrosive effects crony capitalism wreaks on that heretofore - unsatirized American institution (certainly not covered more intelligently and presciently by a nearly forty - year - old film whose title rhymes with get work) of headline news?

As satires about capitalism go I'll stick with the sublimely grotesque American Psycho but The Wolf of Wall Street is not without its pleasures, most of them actor - based.

Given the patchy backstory («I don't like to talk about such things...»), Plainview's more metaphor than man, an emblem of avarice or morally bankrupt capitalism, or just sheer, self - serving Evil.

As capital moves freely, investing in production or in fictitious forms of capitalism, and as speculators, financier capitalists, stock and bond traders, investment bankers, hedge fund mangers, and others help to unleash the forces of capital accumulation globally, and as neo-liberalism with its aggressive pro-market state policies allows this finance capital to restructure itself, to diversify its forms, to expand its accumulation opportunities through the growth of retail, financial and service industries, and enhance its global reach, then it is safe to assume that our ecosystems have been harnessed exploitatively in a system of capitalist commodity production such that we can not talk about capitalism at all without talking about capitalism as a world ecology.

Reading Marx and Freire may not alchemize us into revolutionaries capable of transcending capitalism but ignoring what they had to say about transforming education in the context of class struggle would be a huge loss to our efforts.

Those hesitant about replacing turnarounds with closures should simply remember that a failed business doesn't indict capitalism and an unseated incumbent doesn't indict democracy.

I'm not just talking about the unions, but there is a tremendous and deep resistance — here we are in the center of capitalism, right — there is a very deep resistance to the private sector that's embedded in the culture of public schools.»

While talking with the fellow who travels the East Coast restringing and retensioning / regulating harps, I made the comment, «Capitalism isn't about greed, it is about service.»

If you want to talk about how writers can engage with politics, capitalism, or the environmental movement, you'll be showing your ignorance if you haven't played Oiligarchy.