“Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and safety of its citizens.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEconomicMilitaryCitizensProjectsResourcesSafetyBankruptcyGrandioseHealth And SafetyEconomic Resources Author:Chalmers Johnson
“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
“Globalization makes our economy, our health, and our security all captive to events on the other side of the world. And no other nation on earth has a greater capacity to shape that global system, or to build consensus around a new set of international rules that expand the zones of freedom, personal safety, and economic well-being. Like it or not, if we want to make America more secure, we are going to have to help make the world more secure.” IfsWorldWantWellsHelpingEarthAmericaNationsSidesEconomyGreaterEconomicSecurityEventsShapesCapacitySafetyInternationalSecureWell BeingZoneGlobalizationConsensusCaptivesPersonal Safety Book:The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Source: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
“State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance of economic activity for political gain.” StatesGovernmentPoliticalSocialEconomicActivityCapitalismGainsStrongerIntelligentSafetySpendingRegulationEmergenciesDominanceImplementationSafety NetGovernment Spending Author:Ian Bremmer
“At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.” PeopleWantNeedsGreaterEconomicTaxesToughRaisesSafetyBillsTough TimesRecessionsSafety NetMedicaidEconomic Recession Author:James Douglas, Lord of Douglas
“For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be.” LanguageEconomicSkillsSafetyBeing The BestMultiple Author:Jim Rohn
“We don't measure whether an economy is developing. We just measure whether companies are selling more, whether inventories are up or down, not whether the health, safety and economic well-being of people are being advanced.” PeopleWellsCompanyEconomyEconomicSafetySellingDevelopingWell BeingInventorySelling More Author:Ralph Nader