“Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.” GrowthProgressEconomicWallConflictDiversityDestructionDemocraticIsolationThriveAgendasDivisionHorizonTolerateEconomic GrowthExtremist Author:Abdallah II
“If the helplessness and isolation of labour, who have nothing to sell but their labour, can be totally removed by connecting labour with capital through a universal credit system, we'll then have other kinds of actors on the economic scene different from what the existing capitalist world would allow us to bring out.” IfsWorldKindDifferentActorsPoliticsEconomyEconomicSceneUniversalSellsCreditIsolationLiberalismLabourCapitalistConnectingHelplessness Author:Muhammad Yunus
“America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land.” PeopleWorldSelfAmericaPoliticalUnited StatesEconomicLandCitizensLuckyAreasRegardDisasterArroganceIsolationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyPromised LandPushy Author:Alison Lurie
“The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities face the complicated task of stabilising and reviving a devastated economy after years of regional conflicts, international isolation and economic mismanagement.” YearsFacesEconomyEconomicConflictAuthorityTasksInternationalComplicatedIsolationRepublicDevastatedYugoslaviaMismanagement Author:Stanley Fischer
“Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old concept of isolation, the idea that you can solve your problems on your own does not work anymore - neither in cultural, economic, nor political terms.” WorldNeedsDoeIdeasCountryProblemPoliticalTermRealizingEconomicConceptsChinaSolveOpeningIsolationConnectingOpening Up Author:Zhang Xin