“Recognising that the future growth of India will depend on greater skill development, the National Policy for Skill Development aims to create a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022.” GrowthMillionsGreaterPolicyDependsDevelopmentSkillsIndiaAimWorkforceSkills DevelopmentFuture Growth Author:M. M. Pallam Raju
“The greatest danger to an adequate old-age security plan is rising prices. A rise of 2% a year in prices would cut the purchasing power of pensions about 45% in 30 years. The greatest danger of rising prices is from wages rising faster than output per man-hour.... Whether the nation succeeds in providing adequate security for retired workers depends in large measure upon the wage policies of trade unions.” MenYearsAgeNationsHoursCuttingPlansSecurityDangerPolicyDependsSucceedTradeUnionsAgingWorkersOld AgeFasterRisingProvidingWagesAdequateRetiredPensionOutputPurchasingTrade UnionsPurchasing PowerRising Prices Author:Sumner Slichter
“World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have different patterns, different policies for ecology, labor standards, and so forth.” WorldDifferentCountryDifferencesStagePolicyDependsDevelopmentStandardsLaborTradePatternsAppropriateEcologySimilarityWorld TradeDifferent CountriesStages Of Development Author:Milton Friedman
“I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingStatesProblemDifficultCommunityUnitedUnited StatesPolicyDependsHatredPrejudiceSolveTerroristDialogueDiscussionCubaExtremistCuban Author:Fidel Castro
“I wish my life and decisions to depend upon myself, not on external forces of whatever kind. I wish to be the instrument of my own, not other men's, acts of will. I wish to be the subject, not an object...I wish to be somebody, not nobody; a doer - deciding, not being decided for, slef-directed and not acted upon by external nature or by other men as if I were a thing, or an animal, or a slave incapable of playing a human role, that is, of conceiving goals and policies of my own and realizing them.” IfsMenHumansKindForceWishGoalRealizingMy OwnDecisionAnimalRolesSubjectsPolicyObjectsDependsDecidedInstrumentsSlaveIncapableDoersConceivingExternal Forces Author:Isaiah Berlin
“In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is why energy security will be one of the main challenges of foreign policy in the years ahead. Oil and gas have always been political commodities.” WorldYearsCountryPoliticalEnergyChallengesSecurityPolicyDependsRelationOilManageGasForeign PolicyCommodityInterdependenceOil And GasEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“But waiting for 'eventually' to prove the alarmists wrong is not the wisest course of action. Unfullfillable ambitions to stifle growth will devastate a world trying to deal with the complexities of economics, stability, and the environment. Quality of life depends on access to energy. Noble intentions about 'C02-free' sources of energy are not sufficient, if their agenda of eliminating coal as a source, and turning their back on nuclear, are allowed to be part of our near-term policies.” IfsWorldTryingActionCoursesEnergyWaitingGrowthTermDealsQualityEnvironmentPolicySourceDependsProveAmbitionEconomicsIntentionNobleAccessNuclearSufficientComplexityAgendasStabilityCoalQuality Of LifeWisestEliminatingAlarmists Author:John H. Sununu
“I think it was seen as a symptom that the Chinese leadership may be really scared about their economy.Why would you want to depend more on exports if you're a country that has a stated policy of relying less on exports and more on consumer spending, domestic spending?” IfsThinkingWantMayCountryEconomyPolicyDependsScaredSpendingChineseConsumersSymptoms Author:David Wessel
“I can't possibly predict precisely what the unemployment rate will be at the end of one year. I can tell you that over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we'd put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, and perhaps a little lower.” YearsWellsLittlesI CanEndsStatesShowsJobsGrowthUnitedUnited StatesVirtueFourSeeingPolicyKeysDependsPeriodsCompetitionRateEmployeeFour YearsGlobesUnemploymentUnemployment RateJob Growth Author:Mitt Romney
“And then you're going to have a president whose business empire depends on sort of delivering certain policies. For example, one thing that was quoted in the Newsweek report - that his [Donald Trump] pushing policies of nuclear arms for South Korea would actually improve his business network.” CertainPresidentOne ThingPolicyExampleArmsDependsTrumpSouthNuclearReportsEmpiresPushingKoreaDeliveringSouth KoreaNuclear Arms Author:Jill Stein
“It is important that women support each other. Most of us will at some point get married and have children, and how you balance that really depends on the quality of your friends and whether your friends are there for you. It also depends on what the policies are in your workplace.” ChildrenImportantQualitySupportPolicyDependsBalanceMarriedWorkplace Author:Hillary Clinton