“The idea of storage as a solution of economic problems at least has the support of common sense.It is diametrically opposed to the topsy-turvy Alice-in-Wonderland reasoning that has marked so much of our depression thinking and policy.” ThinkingIdeasProblemCommonSupportEconomicPolicySolutionsCommon SenseReasoningWonderlandStorageEconomic ProblemsTopsy Turvy Author:Benjamin Graham
“Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.” PeopleReasonJobsSocialMemoriesLossCommonEconomicLonelinessReturnDatingIncludingIllnessDivorceCommon SensePsychologicalBoredomSlipsPromotionIdeologicalExhaustionBankruptcyMemory LossSingle People Author:Linda Sunshine
“When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.” SeemsGirlSocialCommonMoralEconomicCommon SenseKicksCyclesEducate Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense than the proposition that innovation [...] is at the center of practically all the phenomena, difficulties, and problems of economic life in capitalist society.” ProblemCommonEconomicDifficultyInnovationCommon SenseCapitalistPropositions Author:Joseph A. Schumpeter
“The economic dependence of woman and her apparently indestructible illusion that marriage will release her from loneliness and work and worry are potent factors in immunizing her from common sense in dealing with men at work.” MenWorkCommonMarriageWorryEconomicLonelinessIllusionCommon SenseFactorsReleaseDependenceIndestructibleWorking Man Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” ThinkingWellsImportantProblemGrowthAbilityCommonNumbersEconomicStudentsCollegeSkillsDegreesCriticalCommon SenseProblem SolvingEconomistEconomic GrowthCritical ThinkingCognitiveCollege Degree Author:Derek Bok
“While I am as convinced a Socialist as the most ardent Marxian, I do not regard Socialism as a gospel of proletarian revenge, nor even, primarily, as a means of securing economic justice. I regard it primarily as an adjustment to machine production demanded by considerations of common sense, and calculated to increase the happiness, not only of proletarians, but of all except a tiny minority of the human race.” HumansMeanJusticeCommonRaceEconomicMachinesIncreaseRegardProductionsRevengeConvincedTinySocialismCommon SenseHuman RaceConsiderationMinoritiesSocialistAdjustmentArdentEconomic Justice Book:The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Source: The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell
“For decades, I thought that scientific truth, solid economic case studies, and common sense were enough to bring about change on the environmental front. After all, the data is so compelling! I thought that if people just understood the severity of today's environmental threats and knew about available solutions, those solutions would happen. Not so.” PeopleIfsEnoughHappensTodayCommonCasesStudyEconomicFrontsSolutionsUnderstoodThreatEnvironmentalAvailableDecadesCommon SenseDataCompellingSeverityScientific TruthCase Studies Author:Annie Leonard