“The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing economic reason why these trends toward a better life should not continue indefinitely.” WorldShouldReasonEconomicStandardsSizePopulationReason WhyTrendsBetter LifeConvincingRisenStandards Of Living Author:Julian Simon
“There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a certain level or standard of living, and certainly we don't quarrel with this. But look more closely and you may find that all too often these well-meaning people are building a ceiling above which no one shall be permitted to climb and between the two are pressing us all into conformity, into a mold of standardized mediocrity.” PeopleWellsLooksMayTwoTodayCertainLevelsEconomicBuildingStandardsEconomicsOppressionClimbsConformityMediocrityQuarrelsMoldCeilingsStandards Of Living Author:Ronald Reagan
“The raw fact is that every successful example of economic development this past century every case of a poor nation that worked its way up to a more or less decent, or at least dramatically better, standard of living has taken place via globalization, that is, by producing for the world market rather than trying for self-sufficiency.” WorldWayTryingSelfFactsPastNationsPoorCasesSuccessfulTakenEconomicCenturyExampleDevelopmentStandardsDecentGlobalizationStandards Of LivingEconomic DevelopmentSelf SufficiencySufficiencyEconomic GlobalizationPoor Nations Author:Paul Krugman
“Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country's standard of living.” YearsCountryEconomicPolicyStandardsTradeReasonableStandards Of LivingEconomic PolicyDrasticTrade OffsBravadoStrength And WisdomDrastic Change Book:Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth Source: Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth
“We must together build an economic agenda for the India of our dreams that translates into improved standards of living, increased human well-being and assured social justice.” HumansWellsDreamTogetherSocialJusticeEconomicDevelopmentStandardsIndiaSocial JusticeWell BeingAgendasTranslateOur DreamsAssuredStandards Of Living Author:Narendra Modi
“The free market exists to promote prosperity and human life, and that is what it has accomplished, splendidly, with breathtaking brilliance. In the industrialized world, the average person today enjoys a standard of living superior to that of kings and emperors of the past. The whole world's population is capable of enjoying the same marvelous results, if it adopts economic freedom.” IfsWorldHumansPersonsWholeTodayPastEnjoyResultsEconomicKingsCapableStandardsAveragePopulationProsperityWhole WorldSuperiorsHuman LifeAccomplishedMarvelousFree MarketBrillianceEmperorStandards Of LivingAverage PersonBreathtakingEconomic Freedom Author:George Reisman
“The truth is that capitalism has not only multiplied population figures, but at the same time, improved the people's standard of living in an unprecedented way. Neither economic thinking nor historical experience suggests that any other social system could be as beneficial to the masses as capitalism. The results speak for themselves. The market economy needs no apologists and propagandists. It can apply to itself the words of Sir Christopher Wren's epitaph in St. Paul's: Si monumentum requires, circumspice.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsSpeakSocialResultsEconomyEconomicFiguresTruth IsMassStandardsCapitalismHistoricalPopulationBeneficialUnprecedentedStandards Of LivingEpitaphMarket EconomySocial SystemsPropagandistWrens Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Capitalism is going to deal itself out of existence, but before it does that, you're gonna pay $50 for a latte, because inflation is going impoverish all of us before people get pissed off enough to realize that all of the last hundred years of economic progress was actually a shell game to create billionaires, while the great masses of people saw their standard of living eroded and destroyed.” PeopleYearsDoeEnoughLastsGamesRealizingDealsPayExistenceSawsProgressEconomicMassStandardsHundredCapitalismDestroyedShellsInflationBillionaireStandards Of LivingPissed OffLattesEconomic Progress Author:Terence McKenna
“If greed were not the master of modern man, how could it be that the frenzy of economic activity does not abate as higher standards of living are attained, and that it is precisely the richest societies which pursue their economic advantage with the greatest ruthlessness?” IfsMenDoeEconomicModernMastersHigherActivityStandardsAdvantageGreedPursueStandards Of LivingFrenzyModern ManHigher StandardsRuthlessnessSmall Is Beautiful Author:E. F. Schumacher
“I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living?” IfsWorldStatesAmericaRememberEnergyEconomicOne DayModelsStandardsPercentPopulationWhat IfSecretaryStandards Of LivingWorld LifeEconomic Models Author:Mikhail Gorbachev