Economics

Money can't solve many of the problems that truly plague people. It can't solve the problems in a relationship between a husband and wife, beyond the narrow economic front. It can't straighten out the relationships you have with your children—in fact, it can make them worse.

Clinical Psychologist, Author of "12 Rules for Life," Public Intellectual

The evidence suggests, unfortunately, that once you roughly earn a lower middle-class standard of living, additional money you earn beyond that has almost no effect on your quality of life.

Clinical Psychologist, Author of "12 Rules for Life," Public Intellectual

Unless women have the chance to take up an active role in our economies and fulfil their potential, our ambitions for a fairer and more prosperous world simply won't be realised.

Wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair & Human rights lawyer

Where decent jobs are scarce, women can achieve financial independence by becoming job creators rather than job seekers – providing, of course, that they have the right support and opportunities to do so.

Wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair & Human rights lawyer

Research shows that empowering women to gain financial independence generates lasting impact, with women typically investing 90% of their income back into their families. In addition to this, McKinsey estimates that if women and men were to play an identical role in labour markets across the world, an extra $28 trillion would be added to the global economy by 2025.

Wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair & Human rights lawyer

I believe that working towards women's economic empowerment at the global level is the single most important battle we will fight in our lifetime, and that's because harnessing the incredible talents and potential of women is not only the right thing to do – it will also create stronger economies and a fairer society for all.

Wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair & Human rights lawyer

In rich countries, 'innovation' often means finding a better way of doing things. But in developing countries, it can mean finding a way to do things at all.

Co-Founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Health Advocate

The happier I become with myself, the less I buy… the better my bank account becomes, because I'm not buying nonsense that I never needed.

Actress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place

The most important thing to realise is this; we control the market, the market does not control us.

Actress & Mental Health Advocate; Host of "The Good Place

The most vivid character of our time has been the enslavement of society to this profiteering system.

Chinese Artist & Dissident; Prominent Human Rights Activist and Political Critic

Today's business book says: business exists to maximize profit for the shareholders. I think that's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life.

Founder and CEO of Chobani Greek Yogurt Company

You know those people starving in Africa? Pretty soon, they are going to be able to call us… to complain. There are people who are likely to have cheap access to reliable International phone calls before they have cheap access to a reliable food supply. That's a remarkable thing to contemplate.

Co-Founder of Wikipedia & Online Encyclopedia Pioneer

With participatory culture, economics dictates that we pour more resources into building an infrastructure platform that anyone can use, so most resources go into empowering 'the long tail'. Small groups of people can come together and make use of a powerful infrastructure to enable them to pursue their own passions and interests, without regard for popularity.

Co-Founder of Wikipedia & Online Encyclopedia Pioneer

We've created a reflex for paternalism whereby a donor looks upon the recipients of large assets with an attitude akin to saying 'well, you need me don't you... here I am... take what I have regardless of what you want and need.' There's also a kind of overambition about what money alone can achieve.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

You must tell yourself the truth about money if you're going to give it away well. If you can't live well with $999 million, there's something clearly wrong with you. Money gets inside us; it creates our perceptions and changes the way we operate. It changes the people among whom we are, and who we are. When we're not in touch with that reality, it can change us in heinous ways.

Documentary Filmmaker & Philanthropist, Walt Disney's Great-Granddaughter

The area under the curve over time is greater if you keep your prices low than if you jack them up to maximise revenue. I'd get kicked out of a business school for saying something like that, but it's true.

Co-Founder of Square & Mobile Payment Pioneer