“It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That success means our investors - such as public pension funds - benefit, which contributes to the economic wealth of society.” WellsMeanHelpingGrowsWealthCompanyClearEconomicBenefitsFundInvestorsEfficientEquityProfitablePensionPrivate Equity Author:David Rubenstein
“By putting the means of production into the hands of the masses but withholding from those same masses any ownership over the product of their work, Web 2.0 provides an incredibly efficient mechanism to harvest the economic value of the free labor provided by the very, very many and concentrate it into the hands of the very, very few.” MeanHandsValuesEconomicProductsMassLaborProductionsMechanismEfficientOwnershipHarvestWithholdingEconomic ValueWeb 2.0 Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary, it presupposes sure guarantees of individual freedom and private property, as well as a stable currency and efficient public services.” WellsWisdomPoliticalPoliticsIndividualEconomyEconomicActivityPropertyContraryLiberalismGuaranteesEfficientStableCurrencyVacuumsPublic ServicePrivate PropertyMarket EconomyIndividual Freedom Book:The Encyclicals of John Paul II Source: The Encyclicals of John Paul II
“Unfortunately, the current pace of progress is not nearly rapid enough, with many rich industrialised countries being slow to make the transition to cleaner and more efficient forms of economic growth.” CountryEnoughFormGrowthRichProgressEconomicClimate ChangeCurrentsTransitionPaceEfficientRapidsEconomic GrowthCleaners Author:Nicholas Stern