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“Economics is (now) about emotion and psychology.”

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Robert J. Shiller is a renowned economist known for his work in behavioral finance, asset pricing, and macroeconomic fluctuations. Born on March 29, 1946, he is a Nobel laureate in Economics. more

“There is an alternative to terror. It is called, in the political order, democracy. In the economic order, it is called the dynamic enterprise economy. (...) It empowers poor people from the bottom up. (...) A dynamic economic sector is the poor's best hope of escaping the prison of poverty. It is the only system so far known to human beings to take poor people and make them, quite soon, middle class, and some of them even (horrors!) rich.”

“Let us choose to unite the power of markets with the authority of universal ideals. Let us choose to reconcile the creative forces of private entrepreneurship with the needs of the disadvantaged and the requirements of future generations.”

Needs Force Challenges Creative Generations Inspire Authority Ideals Universal Entrepreneurship Provoking Requirements Future Generation Reconcile Disadvantaged

Book:The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General

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“When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.”

Years Challenges Poverty Inspire Couple Phones Cards Provoking Mobile Mobile Phones

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Values cannot be speedily forgotten if it is inconvenient or commercially expedient. Values have to have meaning and longevity; otherwise they are valueless. You cannot embrace innovation up to a point or only sometimes. Branding demands commitment; commitment to continual re-invention; striking cords with people to stir their emotions; and commitment to imagination. It is easy to be cynical about such things, much harder to be successful.”

“I believe that companies, doing business in a responsible and sustainable way, can help raise the quality of life and standards of living in some of the poorest parts of the world”

World Way Believe Helping I Believe Challenges Quality Company Inspire Standards Responsible Raises Provoking Quality Of Life Poorest Standards Of Living

Author:Antony Burgmans

“NGOs are now turning to market forces as a catalyst for change”

Force Challenges Inspire Provoking Catalyst Catalyst For Change

Author:Claude Martin

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