“The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, .. I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldCountryStatesValuesIndividualNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsEconomicDrawsMen And WomenEducatedAround The WorldIndividual RightsEconomic FreedomValue Systems Author:Colin Powell
“Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world.” WorldGirlOpportunityEconomicEmpowermentAround The WorldEmpoweringInitiativeEmpowering WomenWalmartEconomic Empowerment Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“It's a moral imperative, it's an economic imperative, and it is a security imperative. For we've seen how spikes in food prices can plunge millions into poverty, which, in turn, can spark riots that cost lives, and can lead to instability. And this danger will only grow if a surging global population isn't matched by surging food production. So reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security - and that includes the national security of the United States.” IfsWorldStatesTurnsGrowsUnitedMoralPovertyMillionsUnited StatesEconomicSecurityDangerCostInternationalHungerPopulationProductionsAround The WorldSparksNational SecurityImperativesReducingRiotPlungeInstabilityMatchedMalnutritionInternational PeacePeace And SecurityFood Production Author:Barack Obama
“...let's talk about soccer scores. There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency and scoreless sports ties are boring.” PeopleWorldNeedsSportsGrowthEconomicTradeBoringAround The WorldSoccerTiesScoreCurrencyReservesRestraintEconomic GrowthEuro Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Racism is not nearly as important as poverty. That's the same around the world. What look like ethnic problems are really economic issues. If you look closely at all these conflicts around the world, they come down to poverty and economics and resources. The more poverty, the worse the war.” IfsWorldLooksImportantWarProblemPovertyIssuesEconomicConflictRacismResourcesEconomicsAround The WorldEconomic Issues Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I believe that those who believe in the power of human rights must find new ways to address economic injustice - and on a scale commensurate with the millions of people around the world that are mired in poverty.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveHumansI BelievePovertyMillionsRightsEconomicInjusticeHuman RightsScalesAround The WorldAddressesNew WaysEconomic Injustice Author:Pamela Yates
“It's too low, and if Europe wants to be a force in the world it needs to be more than a moral and political and economic force, which Europe is because it shares many of our values and demonstrates them around the world. But it has to have the military power that goes with that as well.” IfsWorldWantNeedsWellsPoliticalValuesForceMoralShareEconomicMilitaryLowsEuropeAround The WorldMilitary Power Author:Ashton Carter
“I think the tragedy of Barack Obama's presidency is that although a lot of people around the world really admire Barack Obama a lot, they don't admire the American political and economic model as much as they used to.” PeopleThinkingWorldPoliticalUsedEconomicModelsTragedyAdmireAround The WorldBarackPresidencyEconomic Models Author:Peter Beinart
“Throughout the twentieth century and into the beginning of the twenty-first, the United States repeatedly used its military power, and that of its clandestine services, to overthrow governments that refused to protect American interests. Each time, it cloaked its intervention in the rhetoric of national security and liberation. In most cases, however, it acted mainly for economic reasons-specifically to establish, promote and defend the right of Americans to do business around the world without interference.” WorldFirstsStatesReasonGovernmentUsedInterestUnitedCasesUnited StatesEconomicCenturySecurityMilitaryProtectTwentiesAround The WorldLiberationRhetoricNational SecurityInterventionTwentieth CenturyInterferenceMilitary PowerClandestine Book:Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Source: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
“Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world.” WorldShouldWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicStreetsWallCapitalismRelationCrisisRaisedCorruptionAround The WorldRecognitionCollapseRemedyPublic RelationsEconomic SystemsEconomic Collapse Author:Kathleen Parker