“Public spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level since 1947. And the U.S., which used to have the finest infrastructure in the world, is now ranked 16th according to the World Economic Forum, behind Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates.” WorldUsedLevelsUnitedBehindsEconomicSpendingFallenFinestLowestSpainInfrastructureForumsPortugalIcelandEmirates Author:Ray LaHood
“The "environmental movement" is becoming an economic movement, is joining the social justice movement, is becoming a sustainability movement. It's leaving behind the "People's Needs versus Nature's Needs" conflict in favor of making the case for environmental health as the essential underpinning of prosperous and stable human civilization.” PeopleNeedsHumansSocialJusticeBehindsCasesEconomicMovementBecomingCivilizationConflictEssentialsSocial JusticeMental HealthEnvironmentalLeavingFavorsSustainabilityStableVersusProsperousJoiningHuman CivilizationEnvironmental Health Author:Edward Norton
“We cannot continue to have an excellence gap with the rest of the world and intend to remain the [economic superpower] and [military superpower] of the planet. That's just not going to happen. We're in a position where unless we take action, we'll end up being the [France] of the 21st century: a lot of talk, but not a lot of strength behind it in terms of economic capability.” WorldEndsHappensActionTermBehindsEconomicCenturyMilitaryPositionPlanetsExcellenceFranceGapsCapability21st CenturySuperpower Author:Mitt Romney
“If environmental protection efforts continue to lag behind economic growth, pollution will become even more rampant.” IfsGrowthEffortBehindsEconomicEnvironmentalProtectionPollutionEconomic GrowthEnvironmental ProtectionLag Author:Zhou Shengxian
“There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before us will be to chart a direction for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy is a debate over history-a debate over the causes of our current situation. The battle for the past will determine the battle for the present. So it's crucial to get the history straight.” MomentsPastCausesBehindsSituationStepsEconomicDangerousPolicyBattleTasksCrisisThreatInvestingDetermineCurrentsCreditDebateCrucialUrgentCurrent Situation Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction at any one time.” DifferentReasonLyingCitiesBehindsEconomicFashionPossibilityBuildingOne TimeConstructionTechnologicalDwelling Book:The Death and Life of Great American Cities Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“My father was a mailman. His father was a coal miner. My mother's mother could barely speak English. And their son today stands on this podium in the great state of Ohio not only as the governor, but a candidate for president of the United States.I do believe in miracles.I've had a lot of elections. But my elections are really not about campaigns. I tell my people that these are about a movement.A movement to do things like provide economic growth. And a movement not to let anybody be behind.” PeopleBelieveStatesTodayMotherFatherSpeakGrowthPresidentUnitedBehindsUnited StatesEconomicMovementSonMiracleElectionCampaignsCandidatesGovernorsCoalEconomic GrowthOhioMinersSpeak EnglishBelieve In MiraclesCoal MinersMailman Author:John Kasich
“Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.” NeedsCareLeftNationsPoorBehindsEconomyEconomicDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaTake CareSectionsLeft BehindDeprivedEconomic DevelopmentComplement Author:Narendra Modi
“Behind the screen of the ballot, the real holders of power ... are the great industrial and monetary monopolies who own our national economic life.” RealBehindsEconomicScreensMonopolyMonetaryBallots Author:Florence Luscomb
“The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.” IfsWantNeedsPresidentCommunitySimplePartyBehindsGroupsEconomicWorstSeriousPoliticianRepublicanActivityCrisisDemocraticBillionsErasPostsNeighborhoodUrgesVotersMinimumRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyStimulusHeadlinesPartisansGopPalsEconomic CrisisAcornsRegistrationCommunity OrganizingVoter Registration Author:Mark Steyn
“Liberalism teaches those who have fallen behind in the economic scramble to blame others for their failure. This attitude stimulates juices of resentment and deprives its holders of the power to change their condition.” BehindsAttitudeTeachEconomicConditionsBlameFallenLiberalismResentmentJuicePower To Change Author:David Horowitz
“Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted, their air quality is probably vastly inefficiently low compared to Los Angeles or Mexico City.” ThinkingWorldShouldCountryFacesCitiesBehindsQualityAirEconomicIndustryWasteLowsLogicDirtyLos AngelesToxicMexicoLoadLowestMigrationImpeccableDeveloped CountryMexico CityWorld BankAir QualityBetween You And MeToxic Waste Author:Lawrence Summers
“The abundance that is offered to us by leaving behind the fossil fuel paradigm is very promising for the world and the people of the world. We will have cleaner air, water, and food; we will have more resources to share with our people. There will be more economic freedom because people will be able to harvest their own energy.” PeopleWorldAbleEnergyWaterBehindsAirShareEconomicResourcesLeavingAbundanceFuelHarvestFossilsParadigmFossil FuelCleanersEconomic Freedom Author:Mark Ruffalo
“If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.” IfsCountryHappensGoalBehindsHalfDoorsEconomicPopulationOur Country Author:Narendra Modi
“Climbing the economic ladder has been very hard for me; I still feel a great deal of guilt towards those I left behind.” FeelsHas BeensStillsHardLeftDealsBehindsEconomicGuiltClimbingLaddersLeft Behind Author:Elena Ferrante