“The current economic crisis...has numerous causes and sends a powerful message about the need for a profound revision of the model of global economic development. It's an acute symptom that is added to other more grave and already well-known ones, such as the continued imbalance between wealth and poverty, the scandal of hunger, the ecological emergency and the problem of unemployment, which has now become general. In this context a strategic re-launching of agriculture appears decisive.” NeedsWellsProblemCausesWealthPowerfulKnownPovertyEconomicLandDevelopmentMessagesModelsCrisisProfoundHungerCurrentsGravesAgricultureUnemploymentWell KnownSymptomsScandalEmergenciesStrategicEcologicalRevisionEconomic DevelopmentImbalanceLaunchingEconomic CrisisWealth And Poverty Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“The civil war in Rwanda and other ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with precise strategic and economic objectives.” WarEconomicPolicyObjectivesCivil WarForeign PolicyPreciseStrategicMassacresRwandaUs Foreign Policy Author:Michel Chossudovsky
“When we planned our country's economic development, we had the strategic objective of our Revolution in mind. It was not planned for economic development [to be] solely an end in itself. There are some who have forgotten that the sole basis of our revolutionary struggle was the ideology and politics which we follow.” MindEndsCountryStruggleEconomicRevolutionDevelopmentBasesForgottenObjectivesOur CountryIdeologyRevolutionarySoleStrategicEconomic Development Author:Mengistu Haile Mariam
“The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history … On every level - moral, strategic, military and economic - Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences.” ShouldWarLevelsPayMoralEconomicMilitaryConsequenceIraqStrategicIraq WarBlunders Author:Tomas Young
“We need to stop thinking about infrastructure as an economic stimulant and start thinking about it as a strategy. Economic stimulants produce Bridges to Nowhere. Strategic investment in infrastructure produces a foundation for long-term growth.” ThinkingNeedsLongGrowthTermEconomicProduceFoundationStrategyInvestmentBridgesLong TermInfrastructureStrategicStimulants Author:Roger McNamee
“In the current situation, particular attention should be given to the quality of financial and economic management. The Government and the Central Bank should have a strategic action plan” ShouldGovernmentActionGivenAttentionQualitySituationPlansEconomicParticularShould HaveManagementFinancialCurrentsStrategicCentral BanksCurrent Situation Author:Tatyana Golikova