“Many of us who read the literature of social science as laymen are conscious of being admitted at a door which bears the watchword "scientific objectivity" and of emerging at another door which looks out upon a variety of projects for changing, renovating, or revolutionizing society. In consequence, we feel the need of a more explicit account of how the student of society passes from facts to values or statements of policy.” NeedsFeelsLooksFactsValuesLiteratureSocialDoorsPolicyStudentsBearsProjectsConsciousConsequenceAccountsStatementsVarietyEmergingObjectivityExplicitSocial ScienceLayman Book:In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963 Source: In defense of tradition: collected shorter writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963
“We need to increase access to health insurance through Health Savings Accounts and high deductible policies, so individuals and families can purchase the insurance that's best for them and meets their specific needs.” NeedsIndividualPolicyAccountsIncreaseAccessSavingSavingsSavings Accounts Author:Michael Steele
“What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on policy nor acts on its own account. It is an instrument of the President.” DoePresidentDecisionSecurityPolicyAccountsInstrumentsAgencyNational SecurityCouncilCiaSecurity Council Author:Philip Agee
“Specific policy decisions would be absolutely necessary to promote the UK. It's not necessarily borrowing more or changing our current account status.” Would BeDecisionPolicyAccountsCurrentsBorrowing Author:Andrea Leadsom
“Hillary Clinton, herself, in a leaked State Department email identified the Saudis as still the major funder of Sunni jihad around the world. And we would basically say to our allies that we will no longer support such policies which we, ourselves, have been a party to and that we would put a freeze on the bank accounts of countries that continue to fund jihadi terrorism.” WorldHas BeensStillsCountryStatesPartySupportPolicyMajorsAccountsClintonTerrorismAround The WorldDepartmentFundAlliesEmailFreezeSaudisJihadBank Accounts Author:Jill Stein
“I think any public policy that doesn't account for the fact that most CO2 emissions don't come from the United States, but they come from other countries, is a flawed policy. So let's not unilaterally tax our power, our people, to solve a global problem.” PeopleThinkingCountryStatesFactsProblemUnitedUnited StatesPolicyTaxesAccountsSolveOther CountriesFlawedEmissionsPublic PolicyCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Todd Young
“QE and other aspects of Fed policy increased inequality pretty significantly. This is reinforced if you take into account all the other non-standard measures the Fed used to bail out the banks early on in the [2008] crisis.” IfsUsedPolicyStandardsAspectAccountsCrisisInequalityFedsBail Author:Gerald Epstein
“In every section of the entire area where the word science may properly be applied, the limiting factor is a human one. We shall have rapid or slow advance in this direction or in that depending on the number of really first-class men who are engaged in the work in question. ... So in the last analysis, the future of science in this country will be determined by our basic educational policy.” MenFirstsHumansMayCountryLastsScienceNumbersClassPolicyAreasAccountsEducationalDeterminedFactorsAnalysisEngagedSectionsRapidsFirst Class Author:James Bryant Conant
“We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than dispelled by the political organization, exert a strong influence on policy making.” WorldFirstsPoliticalStrongTakenInfluenceEconomicPolicyIgnoranceEconomicsOrganizationAccountsPrejudiceNotesConfusionFactorsPolicy Making Author:Ronald Coase