If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is not to cast one's vote at the ballot box, but to do so at the supermarket or at a shareholders' meeting. When provoked, corporations respond.

Noreena Hertz

Noreena Hertz

Ballot Box Cast Corporations Effective Effective Way Governments Hands Lies Meeting More More And More Most Political Power Rather Respond Shareholders Supermarket Than Vote Way

Related Quotes

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

— Amelia Earhart

EffectiveEffective WayMost

I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.

— Sebastian Pinera

AssertEffectiveEffective Way

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

CensusEffectiveEffective Way

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell the rich the idea of paying more tax rather than spend more on charitable giving?

— Noreena Hertz

BeingBigCharitable

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

BallotBoxDemocracy