“[Social legislation] raised the cost of production; and what can be more illogical than to raise the cost of production in the country and then to allow the products of other countries which are not surrounded by any similar legislation, which are free from any similar cost and expenditure freely to enter our country in competition with our own goods...If these foreign goods come in cheaper, one of two things must follow...either you will take lower wages or you will lose your work.” IfsTwoCountrySocialLosesProductsCostRaisesCompetitionRaisedProductionsOur CountryTwo ThingsGoodsOther CountriesLegislationWagesCheaperExpendituresIllogical Author:Joseph Chamberlain
“When the mass of men are dispossessed - own nothing - they become wholly dependent upon the owners; and when those owners are in active competition to lower the cost of production the mass of men whom they exploit not only lack the power to order their own lives, but suffer from want and insecurity as well.” MenWantWellsWisdomSufferingOrderPoliticsEconomyCostMassCompetitionProductionsActiveLiberalismDependentInsecurityOwnersExploits Book:The Great Heresies Source: The Great Heresies
“If one individual, or one class, can call in the aid of authority to ward off the effects of competition, it acquires a privilege and at the cost of the whole community; it can make sure of profits not altogether due to the productive services rendered, but composed in part of an actual tax upon consumers for its private profit' which tax it commonly shares with the authority that thus unjustly lent its support.” IfsPhilosophyWholePoliticalIndividualCommunityClassSupportShareEffectsCostTaxesAuthorityCompetitionPrivilegeProfitDuesAidsConsumersClassicAcquireProductivePolitical Philosophy Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
“On the Internet, there are an unlimited number of competitors. Anybody with a Flip camera is your competition. What makes it even worse is that YouTube is willing to subsidize the cost of your bandwidth. So anybody can create and distribute for free basically, but the real cost is marketing. And that's always the big cost - how do you stand out and what's the cost of standing out? And there's no limit to that cost.” RealBigsNumbersWillingInternetCostLimitsStandingCamerasCompetitionMarketingUnlimitedStanding OutCompetitorsYoutubeFlipBandwidth Author:Mark Cuban
“Free competition is worth more to society than it costs.” CostCompetition Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“The problem with Wal-Mart is that it's a business model premised on offering the customer low prices at any cost - any cost to society, any cost to workers. They've got a lot of competition and have influenced people to follow their model through simply providing a model that is so successful at making profits.” PeopleProblemSuccessfulCostModelsLowsCompetitionWorkersProfitCustomersOfferingProvidingBusiness Models Author:Liza Featherstone
“Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he's got to keep running or bust!” MenRunningStrongDifficultHe ManCostIntelligentCompetitionConservativeIgnorantCompetitorsHolding OnEyelidsKeep Running Author:John D. Rockefeller
“A lot of people think that regulations bring higher costs, but regulation is also about making sure that someone doesn't get to beat out the competition because they're dumping filth in the river or spewing poisons in the air.” PeopleThinkingAirHigherCostBeatsRiversCompetitionPoisonRegulationFilth Author:Elizabeth Warren
“The business plan should address: "How will I get customers? How will I market the product or service? Who will I target?" The principles of a business plan are pretty much the same. But after page one to two, everything is unpredictable, because costs or competition will change and you don't know how things will be received by the market. You have to be able to continually adapt. Companies that fail to adapt will die. Others are brilliant at adapting.” KnowsShouldTwoAbleDiesCompanyPrinciplesKnow HowPlansFailingProductsCostPagesCompetitionCustomersBrilliantAddressesTargetUnpredictableAdaptingBusiness Plan Author:Cameron Johnson
“Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.” WellsMeanCountryCostDrugSellsCompetitionSavingConsumersMarketplaceJoining Author:Olympia Snowe
“Anyplace market forces have been artificially removed by the government there is a total absence of incentives, competition, effective oversight, cost controls and so on.” Has BeensGovernmentForceCostCompetitionAbsenceIncentivesOversight Author:Ann Coulter
“The question is: do we pay a little bit more now? Or do we pay a whole lot later? For the equivalent of a postage stamp a day for each American, we can put a price on carbon today that will send a signal to private capital to invest in the clean technologies of tomorrow. Taking a vast portfolio of new energy solutions to scale will ultimately drive down costs through competition.” LittlesWholeTodayEnergyBitsPayTechnologyTomorrowCostLittle BitSolutionsCompetitionCleanScalesCarbonSignalsStampsPortfoliosNew EnergyPostagePostage Stamps Author:Van Jones
“We think the administration can give us a lot of regulatory flexibility which will bring more insurers in the marketplace, which means more competition, more choice which drives down costs, so that discretion can work in a good way or it could work in a bad way.” ThinkingWayGivingMeanChoicesCostCompetitionAdministrationFlexibilityMarketplaceDiscretionGood Way Author:Paul Ryan
“The principles Donald Trump is focused on are exactly the right principles: more choice, more competition, lower costs, lower premiums.” ChoicesPrinciplesTrumpCostCompetitionFocused Author:Ted Cruz
“In the four decades after World War II, manufacturing jobs paid more than other jobs for given skills. But that is much less true today. Increased international competition has forced American manufacturers to reduce costs. As a result, the pay premium for low-skilled workers in manufacturing is smaller than it once was.” WorldWarTodayJobsGivenResultsPayFourCostSkillsLowsPaidCompetitionWorkersInternationalDecadesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiManufacturingPremiumSkilled Workers Author:Christina Romer