Capitalism · Skopia

Quotes

40

Economic literature

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The Wealth of Nations · 1776

★ 9.9

Remember that Time is Money.

Benjamin Franklin

The American Instructor: or Young Man's Best Companion · 1748

★ 8.5

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind.

Wall Street · 1987

★ 6.9

Film · Drama (film) · Drama

We're adding a little something to this month's sales contest. As you all know first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado, anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

Glengarry Glen Ross · 1992

★ 5.3

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Books

18

The Wealth of Nations

1776★ 8.2

Capital

1867★ 7.5

The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto

1844★ 7.3

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

1905★ 7.1

One-Dimensional Man

Herbert Marcuse

1964★ 6.8

Minima Moralia

1951★ 6.8

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Movies

1

First Cow

Kelly Reichardt

2019★ 7.4