“The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially.” CountryEconomyGrowingDirectBasesInvestmentProductionsEastJapanAsianImportsAccelerateAsian Countries Author:Toshihiko Fukui
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton
“There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East.” KindHas BeensDifferentCountryShowsMiddleInvestmentIraqEastFactorsPlentyDifferent KindsMiddle EastMarkers Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make investments without having to fear unpredictable new government interventions before these investments can pay off.” PeopleCountryShowsGovernmentPayInvestmentContemporaryDataStableUnpredictableInterventionDependableNew GovernmentGovernment Intervention Author:Thomas Sowell
“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.” IfsThinkingYearsCountryStatesJobsNextEnergyNationsUnitedUnited StatesEconomicSourceTomorrowBuiltCleanInvestmentChinaGermanyNext DayClean EnergyEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Without investments in research and science that will create the next Apple, create the next new innovation that will sell products around the world, we will lose. If we're not training engineers to make sure that they are equipped here in this country, then companies won't come here. Those investments are what's going to help to make sure that we continue to lead this world economy not just next year, but 10 years from now, 50 years from now, a hundred years from now.” IfsWorldYearsCountryHelpingNextLosesCompanyEconomyThis WorldProductsTrainingResearchHundredInnovationSellsInvestmentAround The WorldApplesEngineersNext YearWorld Economy Author:Barack Obama
“I've never claimed that this is investment art. When we first started out, all the art colleges and universities across the country would sort of badmouth what we were doing. It's funny that a lot of them now are sending us letters saying, 'We may not totally agree with the way you paint, but we appreciate what you're doing, because you're sending literally thousands of people into art colleges.'” PeopleWayFirstsMayArtCountryCollegeAppreciateLettersAgreeInvestmentPaintUniversityColleges And Universities Author:Bob Ross
“The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies.” MayCountryAbleAchieveIncreaseInvestmentProfitManageExpensesCaptureCapitalistOther CountriesDependencySurplusMetropolis Book:Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970 Source: Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970
“Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.” Has BeensCountryAbleFormGrowthInterestResultsCommitmentInvestmentRateStartingReformKoreaPhilippinesInterest RateThailand Author:Lawrence Summers