“Freedom of mind and mind itself have been most fully developed in regions where trade developed at the same time. In all ages, without exception, every intense production of art, ideas, and spiritual values has occurred in some locality where a remarkable degree of economic activity was also manifest.” MindHas BeensArtIdeasAgeSpiritualValuesEconomicActivityDegreesTradeProductionsIntenseRemarkableExceptionRegionsManifestSpiritual ValuesLocality Author:Paul Valery
“The issue here really is not whether international trade shall be free but whether or not it makes any sense for a country - or, for that matter, a region - to destroy its own capacity to produce its own food. How can a government, entrusted with the safety and health of its people, conscientiously barter away in the name of an economic idea that people's ability to feed itself? And if people lose their ability to feed themselves, how can they be said to be free?” PeopleIfsSaidIdeasCountryMatterGovernmentNamesLosesAbilityIssuesEconomicProduceCapacitySafetyTradeInternationalRegionsInternational Trade Author:Wendell Berry
“War is a culture, bellicosity is addictive, defeat for a community that imagines itself to be history's eternal victim can be as intoxicating as victory. How long will it take for the Serbs to realize that the Milosevic years have been an unmitigated disaster for Serbia, the net result of Milosevic's policies being the economic and cultural ruin of the entire region, including Serbia, for several generations? Alas, one thing we can be sure of, that will not happen soon.” YearsLongHas BeensWarHappensCultureRealizingCommunityResultsImagineGenerationsOne ThingEconomicPolicyVictoryEternalVictimIncludingDefeatDisasterRuinsRegionsAlasSerbia Author:Susan Sontag
“I think that one of the things that we all agree to is that the touchstone for economic policy is, does it allow the average American to find good employment and see their incomes rise; that we can't just look at things in the aggregate, we do want to grow the pie, but we want to make sure that prosperity is spread across the spectrum of regions and occupations and genders and races; and that economic policy should focus on growing the pie, but it also has to make sure that everybody has got opportunity in that system.” ThinkingWantShouldLooksDoeOpportunityGrowsRaceFocusGrowingEconomicPolicyAgreeAverageProsperitySpreadGenderIncomeEmploymentRegionsOccupationPieSpectrumEconomic PolicyTouchstones Author:Barack Obama
“Thanks to the FedDev Ontario funding we were able to get a number of key initiatives underway to mitigate the potential negative economic impact of the Heinz closure. With this additional funding we will continue to be in high gear within the food processing sector to continue with business retention, expansion and attraction activities in the Windsor-Essex region.” AbleNumbersEconomicKeysActivityNegativeImpactAttractionThanksRegionsInitiativeExpansionFundingGearsClosureProcessingRetentionOntarioWindsorEssex Author:Sandra Pupatello
“If adapted to the unique requirements of various regions and peoples of the world, such economic pluralism could have a greater global impact over the next fifty years than the collectivist economics of Marxism and neo-Marxism have had during the half century just past.” IfsWorldYearsWisdomPastNextPoliticsHalfEconomyGreaterEconomicCenturyUniqueEconomicsImpactVariousLiberalismFiftyRegionsRequirementsMarxismAdaptedPluralism Author:Robert Dickson Crane
“We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.” TryingCountryWholeGovernmentEconomicDevelopmentIndustrySucceedProgramDetermineCorporateRangeEngagedRegionsFederal GovernmentEconomic Development Author:Stephen Harper
“Kiev's attempts to exert economic pressure on Donbas (region of east Ukraine) and disrupt its daily life only aggravates the situation. This is a dead-end track, fraught with a big catastrophe.” LifeEndsBigsSituationEconomicPressureTrackEastRegionsDaily LifeCatastropheUkraineDead EndsKiev Author:Vladimir Putin
“It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region, in the weeks ahead, Republicans and Democrats in Congress will continue to press the Obama administration on the details of these parameters and the tough questions that remain unanswered. We will stand strong on behalf of the American people and everyone in the Middle East who values freedom, security, and peace.” PeopleUseWould BeValuesStrongPeaceFreedomWeekEconomicMiddleSecurityRepublicanToughProgramPressesDemocratCongressDetailsEastNuclearAdministrationReliefRegionsRegimesMiddle EastBehalfIranianParametersUnansweredStand StrongTough Questions Author:John Boehner
“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family. No nation or business sector can ignore the ethical implications present in all economic and social development. With increasing clarity scientific research demonstrates that the impact of human actions in any one place or region can have worldwide effects.” HumansMatterActionNationsSocialAttentionEnvironmentEconomicEffectsParticularDevelopmentResearchConcernImpactClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeGravesClarityRegionsEthicalSustainabilityPreservationPromotionImplicationsSustainable DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentScientific ResearchHuman ActionsHuman Family Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“We can decide that the presence of cancer-causing substances in our air, water, and food is too expensive. A 2009 study, for example, has found that coal miners in Appalachia costs the region five times more in premature deaths, including from cancer, than it provides to the region in jobs, taxes, and economic benefits. In California, the production and use of hazardous chemicals cost the state $2.6 billion in 2004 alone in lost wages and health-care expenses to treat workers and children with pollution-linked diseases.” ChildrenStatesUseCareJobsFoundLostWaterStudyFiveAirEconomicExampleCostTaxesDiseaseBenefitsTreatsEnvironmentalWorkersIncludingCancerProductionsBillionsHealth CareSubstanceCaliforniaExpensiveRegionsExpensesChemicalsPollutionWagesCoalLinkedPrematureMinersAppalachiaCoal MinersPremature Death Author:Sandra Steingraber
“Our Government is fostering economic growth in Kitchener, Cambridge and all of the Waterloo Region by investing in our innovative businesses. Today's announcement is a great example of how we are helping high-potential companies bring great ideas to market faster. Helping our entrepreneurs and original thinkers export their products and services to the rest of the world creates jobs, growth and economic prosperity here at home.” WorldIdeasHelpingHomeGovernmentTodayJobsGrowthCompanyEconomicExampleProductsOriginalsEntrepreneurInvestingProsperityFasterRegionsThinkerInnovativeEconomic GrowthGreat IdeaAnnouncementsCambridgeFosteringWaterlooEconomic ProsperityJob Growth Author:Gary Goodyear
“This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to build one of the, develop one of the largest coal mines in Australia in this region of Australia. And if they get the green light to do that, that will secure the economic future of people in Rockhampton, and people in central Queensland. It will secure their jobs in the future, and that's what they're concerned about.” PeopleIfsWorldWantFactsLightJobsCompanyEconomicMinesConcernedGreenPracticalsSecureDiscussionAustraliaRegionsCoalQueenslandGreen Lights Author:George Brandis
“We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.” TodayThreeNationsEconomicDevelopmentAvailableRegionsEgyptAssistanceCivicsPillarsEconomic Development Author:Colin Powell