Rudolf Hilferding Quotes

The only thing we lack for even faster growth is more capital.

Traditionally in capitalism, when you have more cash, you can fund more activity, which produces more jobs and creates more wealth. That's basic economic theory.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

I understand how the economy actually works.

Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up.

Well-functioning financial systems are important in achieving sustained economic growth. They play a crucial role in channeling household savings into the corporate sector and allocating investment funds among firms.

Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.

We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.

With the world changing fast, we needed capital for investments. There's only so much bandwidth in your own balance sheet.

Savings is the fundamental input for capital investment, and capital investment is the primary ingredient in productivity.

… significant spending decisions — expanding a business, buying a house or choosing how much to spend on consumer goods over the year — depend on expectations of income, employment and other economic conditions over the longer term, as well as longer-term interest rates.

You don't have to have the capitalistic profit motive philosophy.

When all is said and done, you're either for investment and risk taking as a solution for what ails the economy, or you're against it. The real world offers no middle ground.

Investment in businesses creates sustainable jobs.

There is a reason companies raise money from investors, which is to invest in growth.

A successful economy depends on the proliferation of the rich, on creating a large class of risk-taking men who are willing to shun the easy channels of a comfortable life in order to create new enterprise, win huge profits, and invest them again.

Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism.

Future prosperity will be built on private sector growth.

We've been in the business of regional banking, and we understand what it is to make loans, and that's the engine of growth to small and medium sized business.

A lot of people want to start a business, and they're like, 'I wanna start a business, give me some money to invest.' Where is your business plan? Are you investing money yourself into your own business? How is this going to work? People think that they can just come to you with an idea and have money.

Competition drives growth in the end as opposed to monopolies.

I have 20 restaurants. And if one doesn't work, it doesn't work.