“We live in a world community, and economic contact has partly contributed to that. Its also the case that economic opportunity opened up by economic contact has helped to a great extent to reduce poverty in many parts of the world.” WorldOpportunityCommunityPovertyCasesEconomicContact Author:Amartya Sen
“Saying I want to pay women a fair wage is doing something and saying young black people deserve not to be called super predators but to be engaged from an economic standpoint that gives them an equal opportunity says doing something.I`m tired of talking.” PeopleWantGivingYoungOpportunityBlackPayTalkingEconomicEqualDeserveFairsTiredEngagedBlack PeopleStandpointI'm TiredPredatorEqual Opportunity Author:Killer Mike
“Fox News may be demolishing its more liberal cable news rivals in the ratings but to Democrats it's still the bogeyman. That's why President Obama took the opportunity to criticize the network during a speech defending his economic record at Northwestern University today. But in doing so, the president not only demonstrated the weakness of his position but also why he doesn't understand Fox's appeal.” MayStillsTodayOpportunityPresidentRecordsEconomicPositionSpeechNewsWeaknessDemocratUniversityAppealsCriticizePresident ObamaFoxesRivalsCablesNotableRatingFox NewsCable NewsNorthwesternNorthwestern University Author:Jonathan S. Tobin
“The nature of the state is one thing, but there are other major challenges - what it will take to tackle the issues of social corruption, for example, social justice, and the economic system - and what are the future challenges when it comes to equality between the citizens, in particular in the field of the job market and equal opportunity for men and for women? This is at the centre of the question that is the Arab Awakening.” MenStatesJobsOpportunitySocialChallengesJusticeIssuesOne ThingEconomicExampleFieldsParticularCitizensEqualMajorsSocial JusticeCorruptionAwakeningCentreEconomic SystemsEqual Opportunity Author:Tariq Ramadan
“If I could say something about Capricornia, and it came out in your previous report, there is no doubt that the end of the mining boom has led to an economic downturn in central Queensland, and that is why people in Capricornia, and elsewhere in central Queensland too, are so desperate for a government that will protect their jobs and create new opportunities for jobs in the future. And that is why [Malcolm] Turnbull government's message of jobs and growth and its six point economic plan is so important to them.” PeopleIfsImportantEndsGovernmentJobsOpportunityGrowthDoubtPlansEconomicProtectSixMessagesNo DoubtDesperateIf I CouldReportsElsewhereMiningNew OpportunityQueenslandDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:George Brandis
“We are at a pivotal moment in our shared history. The global goals of a healthy planet, social equality, and economic opportunity for all are within reach. But we cannot prevaricate.” MomentsOpportunitySocialGoalEconomicPlanetsHealthyPivotalWithin ReachSocial EqualityPivotal Moments Author:Achim Steiner
“Fighting climate change isn't just an obligation we owe to future generations. It's also an opportunity to improve public health - and drive economic growth - in the here and now.” FightingOpportunityGrowthGenerationsEconomicClimateClimate ChangeObligationFuture GenerationHere And NowEconomic GrowthPublic Health Author:Michael Bloomberg
“With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.” IfsSometimesUseJobsOpportunityEconomicToolsDigitalGood JobDigital Tools Author:Melinda Gates
“As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she's only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.” IfsDifferentMightOpportunityDecisionEconomicCoupleHusbandDollarsPhonesHouseholdEarning Author:Melinda Gates
“What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity.” OpportunityIssuesEconomicEconomic Issues Author:Ted Cruz
“The politics of grievance is pervasive. It's spreading. And when you have an economy that has been ripped to shreds like this, and when you have more and more people thinking that there's no economic opportunity - that the game is so rigged that the standard recipes of hard work and education, stick-to-itiveness and so forth don't pay off.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensHardOpportunityGamesPayEconomyEconomicHard WorkStandardsSticksRecipesRippedGrievanceRigged Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously, we have got to figure out how we're going to provide more economic opportunity - good jobs with rising incomes - and I'm excited to work with Senator Sanders in doing that.” ThinkingShouldJobsOpportunityEconomicFiguresStressExcitedIncomeInequalityRisingSenatorsGood JobIncome Inequality Author:Hillary Clinton