“We in the West have arranged our institutions to prevent the concentration of political power. … But we have failed utterly to prevent the concentration of economic power, or take account of how such concentration damages the conditions under which full human flourishing becomes possible (it is never guaranteed).” HumansPoliticalEconomicConditionsAccountsInstitutionsWestDamageConcentrationPolitical PowerFlourishingEconomic Power Book:Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Source: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
“Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "To make away with or destroy; to waste or to squander; to use up." The economies that cater to the global consumer society are responsible for the lion's share of the damage that humans have inflicted on common global resources.” HumansMeanUseCommonEconomyShareEconomicWasteResourcesResponsibleDefinitionsConsumersDamageAppropriateGoodsLionsConsumerismEconomistDictionaryOverconsumptionOxford Author:Alan Thein Durning
“The Bush Administration believes the Kyoto protocol could damage our collective prosperity, and in so doing, actually put our long-term environmental health at risk. Fundamentally, we believe that the protocol both will fail to significantly reduce the long-term risks posed by climate change and, in the short run, will seriously impede our ability to meet our energy needs and economic growth.” NeedsBelieveLongRunningEnergyGrowthTermAbilityFailingRiskEconomicMental HealthClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeProsperityAdministrationLong TermDamageCollectivesEconomic GrowthProtocolKyotoKyoto ProtocolEnvironmental Health Author:Lawrence B. Lindsey
“All I am asking is that we follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This is fundamentally a moral issue, not an economic issue. Given what we know now, it is simply unethical to impose risk of grave damage on future generations just so that we can have a few more consumer products today.” KnowsTodayGivenGrowthMoralIssuesRiskGenerationsEconomicProductsAskingGravesGoldenConsumersDamageConsumptionFuture GenerationGolden RuleDo Unto OthersMoral IssuesUnethicalEconomic Issues Author:Ken Caldeira
“Our approach to existential risks cannot be one of trial-and-error. There is no opportunity to learn from errors. The reactive approach - see what happens, limit damages, and learn from experience - is unworkable. Rather, we must take a proactive approach. This requires foresight to anticipate new types of threats and a willingness to take decisive preventive action and to bear the costs (moral and economic) of such actions.” HappensActionOpportunityMoralRiskEconomicTypeBearsCostLimitsApproachThreatErrorsTrialsDamageWillingnessExistentialAnticipateForesightProactiveLearning ExperienceTrial And ErrorOpportunities To Learn Author:Nick Bostrom
“Air pollution is a threat to health, especially of older persons. It contributes significantly to the rising rates of chronic respiratory ailments. It stains our cities and towns with ugliness, soiling and corroding whatever it touches. Its damage extends to our forests and farmlands as well. The economic toll for our neglect amounts to billions of dollars each year.” YearsWellsPersonsCitiesAirEconomicAmountTownsDollarsThreatEnvironmentalRateBillionsForestsDamageRisingNeglectPollutionUglinessStainsTollsAilmentsAir PollutionFarmlandRespiratoryCities And Towns Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“There's real economic costs to climate change - So, Superstorm Sandy led to billions of dollars in damages. The fires out in the west, 70 million dollars a day are being spent in fighting fires that have clearly been exacerbated by drought and climate change. So, people have pointed out the true dollars and cents cost of inaction on climate change.” PeopleRealFightingMillionsFireEconomicCostDollarsWestClimateClimate ChangeBillionsDamageCentsMillion DollarsInactionDroughtSandySuperstorm Sandy Author:Naomi Oreskes
“I think it is important for people to understand that there are real serious economic costs and real serious economic damages associated with inaction on climate change.” PeopleThinkingImportantRealEconomicSeriousCostClimateClimate ChangeDamageInaction Author:Naomi Oreskes
“The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.” StatesTogetherUnitedUnited StatesBloodEconomicSecurityMilitaryPressureUnionsLeagueDamageCouncilSanctionsNatoDiplomaticSecurity CouncilEconomic SanctionsAfrican Union Author:Elliott Abrams
“A minimum-wage law, a law that prevents employers and employees from entering into mutually beneficial economic exchanges, is as far from a free market or free enterprise as one can get. That's why it causes so much damage and destruction, especially to black teenagers and others whose labor, for one reason or another, is valued by employers at less than the government-established minimum wage.” ReasonGovernmentLawCausesBlackEconomicLaborDestructionTeenagerDamageEnterpriseEmployeeMinimumEnteringFree MarketEmployersBeneficialMinimum WageFree Enterprise Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Obamacare is the nation's biggest job killer and stands in the way of our country's economic growth and prosperity. It should be defunded and repealed. President Obama should hear the pleas from the untold number of Americans who are losing their jobs, wages, and healthcare plans, and Congress should act immediately to stop Obamacare from inflicting any more damage on the country on our hard-working citizens.” WayShouldCountryHardJobsNationsGrowthPresidentNumbersPlansEconomicHard WorkCitizensLosingCongressProsperityOur CountryDamagePresident ObamaHealthcareKillersWagesEconomic GrowthObamacare Author:Ted Cruz
“When we cut off access to certain parts of our cities to people on bikes or in wheelchairs, we're not only doing economic damage, we're also doing culture damage. New York is the culture capital of the world because people are running into each other on the street all the time. They are forced to engage in creativity and problem-solving.” PeopleWorldProblemRunningCertainCultureCitiesCreativityCuttingEconomicStreetsNew YorkAccessDamageProblem SolvingBikeWheelchairs Author:Ben Sollee