Robert Gilpin Quotes

No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer. That man is richest, whose Estate is in a growing condition…

Fortunes cannot grow; someone has to increase them.

We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

Growth theory did not begin with my articles of 1956 and 1957, and it certainly did not end there. Maybe it began with 'The Wealth of Nations'; and probably even Adam Smith had predecessors.

Civilization and profits go hand in hand.

The wealth of a country is in its working people.

Economic developments made modern democracy possible.

The strength of a nation depends in a great measure upon its wealth …

The inland trade is almost perfectly free. This freedom of interior commerce. .. is perhaps one of the principal causes of the prosperity of Great Britain.

More people in more countries, both developing and developed, have experienced larger increases in living standards than in any prior fifty year period.

Prosperity comes slowly.

America…could within twenty years bring us to a degree of development which Turks, left to themselves, would not be able to achieve in a century. It would make Turkey prosperous, rich and happy and turn Turks into a strong and civilized nation.

Growth and prosperity. These are the blocks with which we must build our welfare society.

Economic prosperity is a great engine for change.

Education equals economic growth.

If you grow the economy, then you become stronger, and you can resist many other things.

The CSSF and Prosperity Fund are making lives better, both at home and abroad.

Commerce is a core component of pretty much any successful society.

If we do that - if we bring prosperity to every corner - then Iowa will remain the best state in the nation.

I think prosperity is a virtuous thing, and we need more of it in Montana.

A lot of people got a lot of money around Kansas City, Missouri. If we didn't, KC Trends would be out of business.

We cannot grow jobs without investment; we cannot grow economies if we don't earn.

Around the year 2000, countries such as France, the Netherlands and the US were already five times as wealthy as in 1930. Yet nowadays our biggest challenges are not leisure and boredom, but stress and uncertainty.

I think the main figure that matters to all of us, including people in the media, is: How does GDP per capita grow? And those figures have been very good. There is a huge flux both up and down, so it isn't like we're all static in status. What's important is that pie grows.