The key insight of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is misleadingly simple: if an exchange between two parties is voluntary, it will not take place unless both believe they will benefit from it. Most economic fallacies derive from the neglect of this simple insight, from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. - Milton Friedman And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold. - Richard Hovey If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then that system is false and must be altered. - Gregor Strasser We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. - F...

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. - Omar Bongo Jesus came into the world with good news, not bad news. He does not call us to a willpower religion that feels only duty and no delight. He calls us to himself and to his Father. Therefore, he calls us to joy. Of course, it is not joy in things. Jesus is not preaching a health, wealth, and prosperity gospelone of America's most lamentable exports to the world. It is joy in God and in his Son. - John Piper The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values. - Phyllis Schlafly

And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold. - Richard Hovey We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. - Francis Wright

The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything. - Benjamin Franklin Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. - John Howe

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. - Doug Coupland The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be. - Frantz Fanon Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt. - Susan George In the name of freedom and redistribution of wealth, I've decided to grow a beard on my chest. - Jarod Kintz

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time. - Doug Coupland And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. - Martin Luther King Jr The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be. - Frantz Fanon What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. - Henry George Redistribution of wealth would require en...