“Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start.” BigsEconomicBattleBreathsDeterminedCollapseWoundedFresh StartCyprusEconomic Collapse Author:Nicos Anastasiades
“Family farmers are small farmers who love the land. They're still not getting enough money for their product and are rapidly losing their battle to stay in business. By helping the American family farmer, we will in turn help ourselves out of the economic hole that we find ourselves in today. It doesn't really matter how we got here; the point is, we have to dig our way out.” WayStillsMatterEnoughHelpingTodayTurnsEconomicLandProductsBattleLosingHolesFarmersAmerican Family Author:Willie Nelson
“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.” MomentsPastCausesBehindsSituationStepsEconomicDangerousPolicyBattleTasksCrisisThreatInvestingDetermineCurrentsCreditDebateCrucialUrgentCurrent Situation Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“The people's community must not be a mere phrase, but a revolutionary achievement following from the radical carrying out of the basic life needs of the working class. A ruthless battle against corruption! A war against exploitation, freedom for the workers! The elimination of all economic-capitalist influences on national policy...Maintaining a rotten economic system has nothing to do with nationalism, which is an affirmation of the Fatherland. I can love Germany and hate capitalism. Not only can I, I must.” PeopleNeedsI CanWarHateCommunityClassInfluenceEconomicPolicyBattleAchievementCapitalismMereWorkersFollowingCorruptionRadicalRevolutionaryPhrasesGermanyNationalismCapitalistExploitationWorking ClassAffirmationMaintainingRottenRuthlessEliminationEconomic SystemsFatherland Author:Joseph Goebbels
“There are various forms of weaponry, intellectual weaponry, spiritual weaponry, political weaponry, economic weaponry. Because we are on the battlefield, and there are bullets flying, some symbolic, some literal and the life of the mind is a crucial place where the battle goes on.” MindSpiritualFormPoliticalEconomicGoes OnBattleIntellectualVariousFlyingCrucialBulletsSymbolicBattlefieldsLiteralWeaponry Author:Cornel West
“The problem with an economic meltdown is that the responsibility and the challenges to deal with the environment are squandered. That's an age-old battle in terms of the major conflicts in places like Afghanistan, etc. So there are age-old battles that'll keep going on. Unfortunately, man is a very slow learner, and we tend to repeat mistakes, as opposed to learning from mistakes.” MenProblemTermChallengesMistakeResponsibilityEnvironmentEconomicBattleConflictKeep GoingAfghanistanLearning From Mistakes Author:John Hillcoat
“I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically and socially when we had a better balance between capital and labor. Neither capital or labor won every argument. The battle between the two created economic tension, and transformed the working class into the middle class, and grew the economy.” PeopleCountryEconomyEconomicBalanceBattleArgumentLaborTensionMiddle ClassWorking Class20th Century Author:David Simon