“The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.” PeopleGrowthEconomyEconomicBenefitsImpactSignificantBuyingUnemploymentEconomic GrowthStimulusMortgageContinuationUnemployment Benefits Author:Joe Biden
“The United States is strongly committed to the IPCC process of international cooperation on global climate change. We consider it vital that the community of nations be drawn together in an orderly, disciplined, rational way to review the history of our global environment, to assess the potential for future climate change, and to develop effective programs. The state of the science, the social and economic impacts, and the appropriate strategies all are crucial components to a global resolution. The stakes here are very high; the consequences, very significant.” WayStatesTogetherNationsSocialProcessCommunityUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentEconomicConsequenceProgramImpactStrategyClimateClimate ChangeInternationalCommittedSignificantRationalAppropriateResolutionReviewsCooperationCrucialStakesComponentsOrderlyInternational CooperationDrawn Together Author:George H. W. Bush
“Mobile phone technology can help to bring financial services to the 80 percent of African women who do not have a bank account and bolster the growth of the world's poorest continent. It's not just about empowering women, it's about economic growth. Unless we can make access to finance easier for women in their businesses, we will be missing out on a significant portion of growth within our economies” WorldHelpingGrowthTechnologyEconomyEconomicMissingEasierPercentAccountsFinancialPhonesAccessSignificantFinanceEmpoweringPortionsContinentsMobileEmpowering WomenEconomic GrowthPoorestBank AccountsMobile PhonesMissing OutFinancial ServicesAfrican Women Author:Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
“Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.” EconomicCollegeReturnSignificantDisagreeElitesEconomistVersusAttendingSelective Author:Emily Oster
“Draconian limits on economic growth and on the use of the automobile should not be necessary in order to give Americans clean air at levels they are willing to pay for, but it will require significant Federal, State, and local leadership and innovative approaches from government and industry.” GivingShouldStatesUseGovernmentOrderGrowthLevelsPayAirEconomicWillingIndustryLimitsApproachCleanEnvironmentalSignificantLocalsPollutionInnovativeEconomic GrowthAutomobileClean AirDraconian Author:George H. W. Bush
“The world is beset by challenges including the ongoing danger of international terrorism, and the significant political and economic threats posed by factors such as the high levels of corporate and sovereign debt and persistent unemployment.” WorldPoliticalChallengesLevelsEconomicDangerThreatIncludingInternationalTerrorismDebtSignificantFactorsCorporateSovereignUnemploymentPersistentOngoingHigh LevelInternational Terrorism Author:Dan Quayle
“Trans rights formation that mimics the models and strategies of the lesbian and gay rights framework is growing, and there are many significant strategy disagreements between those building that work and those doing racial and economic justice centered trans work.” JusticeGrowingRightsEconomicBuildingGayModelsStrategySignificantFrameworkDisagreementFormationTransGay RightsEconomic Justice Author:Dean Spade
“Over the past several years, all of us as Canadians, and as members of the North American cultural and economic environment, have been to a greater or lesser extent party to a significant attitudinal change towards our culture.” YearsHas BeensPastCulturePartyEnvironmentGreaterEconomicMembersSignificantOver The Past Author:Alex Campbell
“We know that expanded access to natural gas is important to families and businesses in communities across Ontario. That's why our government is developing new natural gas programs to improve access, which will generate economic activity, attract significant investment, create jobs, and break down barriers in our communities” KnowsImportantGovernmentJobsCommunityNaturalBreakEconomicActivityProgramInvestmentAccessSignificantDevelopingGasBarriersBreaking DownOur CommunityNatural GasOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle at the risk of social disapproval, economic loss or injury to career - that require the greatest moral will power. Since there is usually little upside to winning and a significant and often lasting downside to losing, moral courage often requires as much character as physical bravery.” LittlesCharacterFormWinningSocialLossMoralPrinciplesCareersSuccessfulRiskEconomicHonorLosingStandingBraverySignificantInjuryLastingWill PowerValorMoral CourageDisapprovalPhysical Courage Author:Michael Josephson
“Eventually economic growth reaches the point at which the accumulation of wealth in the families of achievers becomes so significant that the hatred and envy of success become stronger than the desire for continued economic growth, and a period dominated by resentment begins.” DesireGrowthWealthEconomicPeriodsHatredStrongerEnvySignificantResentmentEconomic GrowthAccumulationAchiever Book:Resentment Against Achievement: Understanding the Assault Upon Ability Source: Resentment Against Achievement: Understanding the Assault Upon Ability
“It's a class war, and a war on young people too... that's why tuition is rising so rapidly. There's no real economic reason for that. It's a technique of control and indoctrination. And this is really the first organized, significant reaction to it, which is important.” PeopleFirstsImportantWarRealReasonYoungClassEconomicTechniqueSignificantReactionsOrganizedRisingIndoctrinationTuition Author:Noam Chomsky
“Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.” StrongGrowthPathEconomicIncreaseInvestmentSignificantEconomic GrowthPrivate SectorRwanda Author:Paul Kagame