The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system. (David Korten)

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

David Korten

Related topics

capitalist defense economics professional study system brainwashing

Related quotes

Rosa Luxemburg maintained that the capitalist system can keep up its rate of investment (and therefore its profits) only so long as it is expanding geographically. View quote
Joan Robinson
Economics, we learn in the history of thought, only became a science by escaping from the casuistry and moralizing of medieval thought. View quote
Kenneth Boulding
Economic theory is the most prestigious subject of instruction and study. Agricultural economics, labor economics and marketing are lower caste fields of study. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
The U. S. incarceration binge is not tied to crime. It's a strategy to control the surplus population in a capitalist system that is breaking down. View quote
Jerry Brown
You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism. View quote
Terry Eagleton