“My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened.” PeopleNeedsSaidProblemBigsTogetherDealsEconomyIssuesHappenedConcernSolveCampaignsBarackRanBig ProblemsAisle Author:Rob Portman
“A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.” ThinkingWayNeedsProblemNaturalDealsEconomyApproachEconomist Author:Christina Romer
“Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.” MayGrowthDealsEconomyInfluenceResearchExpectationsProgramImpactPrimariesConsumersInflationNew DealFuture Growth Author:Christina Romer
“I don't know anything more piggish - I don't know anything more un-American than saying, 'Oh, I'm worried about my own little handout or my own little program or my own little economy and we'll kick this can down the road and let some future generation deal with it.” KnowsLittlesMy OwnDealsEconomyGenerationsProgramWorriedKicksFuture GenerationDown The RoadHandouts Author:Todd Rokita
“I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.” PeopleWorldShouldCountryEnergyDealsEconomySourceDifficultyCriticalDevelopingDeprivedProsperousProsperous Country Author:Lee R. Raymond
“In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess.” PeopleHumansChoicesDealsCasesEconomyEconomicAspectIncludingRight ThingDimensionsExcessCarried AwayAspects Of LifeLatitude Author:Lee R. Raymond
“The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line.” WantNeedsHumansDreamLinesDealsEconomyProductsAdvertisingAgencyAssemblyHuman NeedsAdvertising AgenciesAssembly Line Author:Leo Burnett
“When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do on behalf of the American people to deal with this economy, then that's not serving Democrats, that's not serving Republicans, that's not serving anybody.” PeopleTryingPersonsDealsEconomyTearsRepublicanDemocratServingBehalf Author:Barack Obama
“What saved the economy, and the New Deal, was the enormous public works project known as World War II, which finally provided a fiscal stimulus adequate to the economy’s needs.” WorldNeedsWarDealsKnownEconomyProjectsSavedEnormousWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IAdequateStimulusNew Deal Author:Paul Krugman
“The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.” PeopleMenBodyAbleEvilPoliticsAnswersPerfectDealsEconomyWorstLessonsFoolishCuresLiberalismVisionariesPatentsQuacks Book:History as Literature and Other Essays Source: History as Literature and Other Essays
“Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work.” ImportantPoliticsDealsEffortEconomyProgramLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipParticipationPowerlessness Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still being aware of the physical, scientific, and practical issues that we have to deal with.” PeopleWayWantStillsDealsEconomyIssuesProduceResponsiblePracticals Author:Lee R. Raymond
“Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.” ProblemSocialDealsEconomyPublic ServiceSocial Problems Author:George Osborne
“China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in the economy will force China to open up its political system over time and to move toward a more democratic society. So taken as a whole, the one real failure in this whole business has been Russia.” Has BeensRealWholeMovingPoliticalForceDealsRolesEconomyTakenGrowingProgressEconomicMiracleDemocraticChinaRussiaPolitical SystemsDemocratic SocietyEconomic Progress Author:Milton Friedman
“There's no free lunch. If you want an industrial economy, you need energy. If you want energy, it will produce pollution. You can have it in two forms. You can have it dissipated in the atmosphere - like carbon dioxide - which then you cannot recover, or you can have the waste concentrated in one small space like nuclear. That is far easier to deal with. The idea that you can be able to create renewable energy at a price anywhere near the current price for oil or gas or coal is a fantasy.” IfsWantNeedsTwoIdeasAbleFormEnergySpaceDealsFantasyEconomyProduceEasierWasteCurrentsOilNuclearAtmosphereGasLunchPollutionCarbonCoalRenewable EnergyCarbon DioxideSmall SpacesFree Lunch Author:Charles Krauthammer
“My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest develops as I write, and research helps a great deal with that. If you're going to write about an agrarian economy, research agrarian economies. If your main character is starving, then you should know what it means for a malnourished body to break down.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldWritingMeanCharacterHelpingStoriesBodyPoliticalDealsBreakEconomyElementsResearchFunctionBreaking DownStarvingMain Characters Author:Leigh Bardugo
“Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.” WorldDealsMistakeEconomyCostDareChinaGermanyJapanSame Mistakes Author:Steve Forbes
“But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.” NeedsLongIdeasHelpingProblemKidsTermDealsEconomyDebtBrilliantLong TermGood IdeasBrilliant Ideas Author:David Axelrod
“It turns out the population issue is an easier thing to deal with than the consumption issue. Some obvious extremes in consumption we can deal with. The standard cure for a stuttering economy is to go out and buy an SUV and three more refrigerators. That's obviously not the way to go.” WayTurnsThreeDealsEconomyIssuesEasierStandardsPopulationObviousExtremesCuresConsumptionRefrigeratorsStutteringSuvs Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the US economy would not escape the depths of recession without the full contributions of women.” DealsLeaderEconomyProgramDepthContributionHandfulRecessionsExcludedEleanorNew Deal Author:Lael Brainard