“For a small open economy that trades mostly with the euro zone it makes absolute sense to be part of the currency union. Our currency has already pegged to the euro since 2002. We don't have an independent monetary policy. We are regulated by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, but we are not able to reap all the profits. Our businesses want to save the transaction costs.” WantAbleEconomyPolicyCostAbsolutesIndependentTradeUnionsProfitZoneCurrencyReapMonetaryTransactionsEuroCentral BanksMonetary PolicyFrankfurt Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the moment with independent filmmaking: You can make it cheap and then there's no money to market it.” MomentsProblemFilmMillionsCostIndependentSellsDollarsFilmmakingMillion DollarsNo MoneyIndependent Filmmaking Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardFilmWinningDifficultAttentionEventsCostIndependentCirclesGoldenExpensiveAwardsLots Of MoneyGlobesOscarsExposureFestivalsIndependent FilmCampaigning Author:Kate del Castillo
“People vastly overestimate the ability of central planners to improve on the independent action of diverse individuals. What I've learned watching regulators is that they almost always make things worse. If regulators did nothing, the self-correcting mechanisms of the market would mitigate most problems with more finesse. And less cost.” PeopleIfsSelfProblemActionIndividualAbilityCostIndependentI've LearnedMechanismDiverseCorrectingPlannersOverestimateRegulatorsFinesse Author:John Stossel
“The rise of video on demand will make it possible for small movies to earn back costs via $9.95 24-hour rentals and for people in cities without independent cinemas to see the kind of movies they never have before. That's great - but on the other hand, that's TV.” PeopleKindHandsHoursCitiesTvsCostDemandIndependentVideoCinema Author:David Edelstein
“Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.” LittlesArtFilmUsedRight NowCostIndependentIndependent FilmUsed To LoveArt Films Author:Ron Perlman
“What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.” MenWantMayChoicesCostIndependentIndependenceNotes From The Underground Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky