“It takes time and experience to absorb new technologies, so technologically backward producers need a period of protection from international competition during this period of learning. Such protection is costly, because the country is giving up the chance to import better and cheaper products. However, it is a price that has to be paid if it wants to develop advanced industries.” IfsWantNeedsGivingCountryChanceTechnologyProductsIndustryPeriodsGiving UpPaidCompetitionInternationalProtectionProducersTake TimeCheaperNew TechnologyImportsIt Takes Time Book:Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity Source: Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity
“Recreational talking is, along with private singing, one of our saddest recent losses. Like singing, talking has become a job for trained professionals, who are paid considerable sums of money to do it on television and radio while we sit silently listening or, if we're truly lonely and determined, call the station and sit holding the phone waiting for a chance to contribute our two cents' worth.” IfsTwoJobsWaitingChanceLossTalkingTelevisionListeningSingingLonelyPaidPhonesRadioDeterminedStationsCentsSaddestTwo CentsTelevision And Radio Author:Barbara Holland
“Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from our work. To feel needed. To feel accomplishment. To believe that our work matters. Being a lawyer gives you a rare chance to experience that kind of success.” KnowsWantGivingFeelsBelieveWellsKindMatterChanceNeededPaidSatisfactionLawyerAccomplishment Author:Jeffrey Toobin
“To me, all those jobs I did [roles] have been amazing experiences for one reason or another. I got paid and I learned something. I think that's what helped me carry on because I've never really given out that energy of, "oh, I've lost my chance" or missed it in some way.” ThinkingWayHas BeensReasonJobsEnergyLostGivenChanceRolesPaidAmazing Experiences Author:Gerard Butler
“Debts that must be paid ... that sums up the concept of karma. But I would add that karma is not a burden that you have to carry. It is also an opportunity to learn, a chance to practice love and forgiveness, a chance to learn lessons that are valuable to us. Karma offers us the chance to wipe our dirty slate clean, to erase the wrong doings of the past.” PastOpportunityChancePracticeLessonsOffersConceptsPaidAddCleanBurdenValuableDebtKarmaDirtyWipeEraseSlateDoingsLearning LessonsOpportunities To LearnLove And ForgivenessWrong Doings Author:Dada Vaswani