Skip to content

Such terms as tycoon, media baron, captain of industry, industrial magnate, financial speculator, or boss were dropped in favour of entrepreneur, now seen as the benign improver of society and the kind of person we could all aspire to being.

— Marnie Holborow Language and Neoliberalism (2015)

Another quote →

Topics

Business

More quotes by Marnie Holborow

Neoliberalism, despite the claim by its adherents that it was simply an economic theory, was from its beginnings a class project articulated on behalf of the interests of capital.

Language and Neoliberalism (2015)

All Marnie Holborow quotes →

You may also like

I don't think that corporations are these big bogeymen that a lot of people paint them to be.

Krist Novoselic

An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.

Maimonides Mishneh Torah (1180)

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure and pleasure my business.

Aaron Burr

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

Marvin Bower The Will to Manage (1966)

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Marnie Holborow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.