“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.” DesireFaithEconomyEconomicEconomicsPretensionHope And FaithCoexistRespectabilityEconomy And EconomicsDeep Desire Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Wherever we turn we find that the real obstacles to peace are human will and feeling, human convictions, prejudices, opinions. If we want to get rid of war we must get rid first of all of its psychological causes. Only when this has been done will the rulers of the nations even desire to get rid of the economic and political causes.” IfsWantFirstsHumansHas BeensWarRealDoneFeelingsPoliticalDesireTurnsNationsCausesOpinionEconomicPrejudiceConvictionObstaclesPsychologicalRulersHuman Will Book:Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals Source: Ends and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals
“The sluggish economy is creating a situation where the young people in Japan cannot cherish their desires or have prospects for their future. Also, the decline in Japan's economic capability is resulting in a declining presence for Japan's foreign policy as well. Accordingly, the duties and mission that I must fulfill are pretty clear: namely, to regain a strong and robust economy, and also to restore Japan's strong foreign policy capability.” PeopleWellsYoungDesireStrongSituationEconomyClearEconomicPolicyDutyCreatingMissionsJapanCherishCapabilityForeign PolicyDeclineProspectsRobustSluggish Author:Shinzo Abe
“It is common talk that every individual is entitled to economic security. The only animals and birds I know that have economic security are those that have been domesticated--and the economic security they have is controlled by the barbed-wire fence, the butcher's knife and the desire of others. They are milked, skinned, egged or eaten up by their protectors.” KnowsHas BeensDesireIndividualAnimalCommonEconomicSecurityBirdControlledKnivesEntitledFenceWireProtectorButchersBarbed WireEconomic Security Author:Ray Lyman Wilbur
“The corporation is not an independent "person" with its own rights, needs, and desires that regulators must respect. It is a state created tool for advancing social and economic policy.” NeedsPersonsStatesDesireSocialRightsEconomicPolicyToolsIndependentCorporationsAdvancingEconomic PolicyRegulatorsIndependent Person Book:The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power Source: The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
“Further, economic systems ... have never arranged themselves by themselves. It is men who do the ordering according to their attitudes, desires and understanding of things. Changes take place, not independent of man's will, but on account of man's wills. Civilization has progressed by man's interference with material conditions.” MenGivingDesireUnderstandingAttitudeAtheismEconomicConditionsMaterialsCivilizationAccountsImportanceIndependentPositive AtheismPrimariesThings ChangeInterferenceEconomic Systems Author:Goparaju Ramachandra Rao