George Gilder Professions : Writer Born : November 29, 1939 Browse All Authors Top 73 quotes by George Gilder The fundamental fact in the lives of the poor in most parts of America is that the wages of common labor are far below the benefits of AFDC, Medicaid, food stamps, public housing, public defenders, leisure time and all the other goods and services of the welfare state. George Gilder leisure benefits america From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and rewards and punishments, I was pushed to theories of disequilibrium and disorder, and information and noise, as the keys to understanding economic progress. George Gilder punishment keys order But if the 1 percent and the 0.1 percent are respected and allowed to risk their wealth - and new rebels are allowed to rise up and challenge them - America will continue to be the land where the last regularly become the first by serving others. George Gilder political land america In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be dumb. George Gilder smart dumb world Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind. George Gilder income real mind Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises. George Gilder launching entrepreneurship surprise The prevailing theory of capitalism suffers from one central and disabling flaw, a profound distrust and incomprehension of capitalism. George Gilder flaws suffering profound Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity. George Gilder scarcity quality time The information glut has become a ruling cliche. As all resources - from energy to information - become more abundant, the presure of economic scarcity falls ever more heavily on one key residual, and that single shortage looms ever more stringent and controlling. The governing scarcity of the information economy is time: the shards of a second, the hours in a day, the years in a life, the latency of memory, the delay in aluminum wires, the time to market, the time to metastasis, the time to retirement. George Gilder retirement memories fall In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability. George Gilder economic entrepreneur social Capitalism begins with giving. George Gilder capitalism giving All progress comes from the creative minority. George Gilder progress minorities creative Activity and creativity almost always flow to the least regulated arena. George Gilder arena creativity flow Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors