David Ricardo Quotes

Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

I look under the skin of countries' economies, and I help them make better decisions and be stronger, to prosper and create employment.

The economy is everything. It is the totality of what we need to live, to be happy

I believe and still believe that the Chinese government puts great weight on the experience of the Bank in terms of development.

One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.

We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.

Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers.

But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented.

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.

I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past.

You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.

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.

In the 1970s, as historians became enchanted with microhistories, economists were expanding the reach of their discipline. Nations, states and cities began to plan for the future by consulting with economists whose prognostications were shaped by investment cycles rather than historical ones.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

The world is constantly in a race to the top, in terms of there's a limited amount of capital and you've got to figure where it's going. And if your currency is weakening, that means you're paying a load.

Growth is good for this society as long as it doesn't pass the point of tripping off inflation.

95% of economics is common sense deliberately made complicated.

Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

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

The big priorities will focus on the security and economic side because they really go hand in hand.

If the United States does well [economically], then the whole world does well.

As a steward of the U.S.economy and financial systems, the Treasury has helped lay the groundwork for the American economy to become a model of strength, flexibility, dynamism, resiliency. This is a system that generates growth, creates jobs and wealth, rewards initiative, and fosters innovation.