Most people believe, mistakenly, that wealth in a human society has something to do with money, but that's not true. Money is simply a medium of exchange. Prosperity in a human society is the accumulation of solutions to human problems that we create for ourselves. Nick Hanauer accumulationcreateexchange share on social
I'm not the smartest guy you've ever met, or the hardest-working. I was a mediocre student. I'm not technical at all - I can't write a word of code. What sets me apart, I think, is a tolerance for risk and an intuition about what will happen in the future. Seeing where things are headed is the essence of entrepreneurship. Nick Hanauer codeentrepreneurshipessence share on social
You show me a highly unequal society, and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It's not if, it's when. Nick Hanauer counterexamplehighlypolice Change image and share on social
We plutocrats need to get this trickle-down economics thing behind us: this idea that the better we do, the better everyone else will do. It's not true. How could it be? I earn 1,000 times the median wage, but I do not buy 1,000 times as much stuff, do I? Nick Hanauer 000buyearn share on social
You see, we capitalists will never actually ask you to work overtime. I don't even track your hours. I just make it clear that I trust you to get your job done in the time allotted. And then I hand you twice as much work as you can reasonably do in a 40-hour week. Nick Hanauer allotcapitalistclear share on social
No matter how wealthy a few plutocrats get, we can never drive a great national economy. Only a thriving middle class can do that. Nick Hanauer classdriveeconomy Change image and share on social
I think the idea that giant profitable corporations should pay their workers enough so that they don't need food stamps - since when is that left-wing? How did that become 'leftie?' That doesn't seem leftie to me. That seems common sense. Nick Hanauer commoncorporationfood share on social
Government does create prosperity and growth by creating the conditions that allow both entrepreneurs and their customers to thrive; balancing the power of capitalists like me and workers isn't bad for capitalism - it's essential to it. Nick Hanauer badbalancecapitalism share on social
I have, oddly, two ski houses - trying to sell one. Nick Hanauer houseoddlysell Change image and share on social
The middle class creates us rich people, not the other way around. Nick Hanauer classcreatemiddle Change image and share on social