Robert Heilbroner

“At the heart of capitalism is the drive to accumulate.”

“The worldly philosophers... were not men whose vision was blunted by the absurd superstitions and irrationalities of their milieu.”

“The future is not a destination we arrive at, but one we create.”

“The market system is an organizing device for the material provisioning of society.”

“To be a 'success' in the market is to have accumulated wealth.”

“Technology is the great, growling engine of change.”

“The market is a stern taskmaster.”

“Behind the facade of impersonal laws, there lurks the struggle of human beings.”

“The great economists were not mere intellectual puzzle-solvers, but architects of social understanding.”

“Not for goods and services are we in business, but for profit.”

“The drive for profit is the propulsive force of the system.”

“Capitalism... has been an affair of high drama, suspense, and surprise.”

“The first and most important task of the economist is to understand the nature of the economic problem.”