“Man has existed for about a million years. He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer. Science, as a dominant factor in determining the belief of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years. In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force. When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.” MenWritingYearsBelieveHumansScienceBeliefForcePowerfulHistoryMillionsPowerLearningEconomicSourcePeriodsEconomicsTechniqueFactorsEducatedHuman LifeRevolutionaryPossessedAgricultureDominantTransformingRisenEducated Man Book:The Impact of Science On Society Source: The Impact of Science On Society
“I wish I could write a book that will be read for as long as our civilization lasts. I would value it much more highly than any business success if I could contribute to an understanding of the world in which we live or, better yet, if I could help to preserve the economic and political system that has allowed me to flourish as a participant.” IfsWorldWritingLongBookHelpingLastsPoliticalValuesWishUnderstandingEconomicCivilizationPreservesIf I CouldBusiness SuccessParticipantsPolitical Systems Author:George Soros
“I write with two things in mind. I want to be right with my fellow economists. After all, I've made my life as a professional economist, so I'm careful that my economics is as it should be. But I have long felt that there's no economic proposition that can't be stated in clear, accessible language. So I try to be right with my fellow economists, but I try to have an audience of any interested, intelligent person.” WantShouldWritingTryingMindPersonsLongMadeTwoLanguageFeltAudienceClearEconomicEconomicsIntelligentFellowsCarefulTwo ThingsEconomistPropositionsIntelligent Person Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Dave Eggers is a prince among men when it comes to writing deeply felt, socially conscious books that meld reportage with fiction. While A Hologram for the King is fiction...it's a strike against the current state of global economic injustice.” MenWritingBookStatesFeltFictionEconomicKingsConsciousInjusticeCurrentsStrikesDaveHologramsEconomic Injustice Author:Elissa Schappell
“The World Trade Organization, The World Bank, The International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions virtually write economic policy and parliamentary legislation. With a deadly combination of arrogance and ruthlessness, they take their sledgehammers to fragile, interdependent, historically complex societies and devastate them, all under the fluttering banner of 'reform'.” WorldWritingEconomicPolicyOrganizationInstitutionsTradeComplexesFinancialInternationalReformCombinationArroganceFundFragileLegislationMonetaryBannerEconomic PolicyWorld TradeParliamentaryFlutteringRuthlessnessFinancial InstitutionsWorld BankWorld Trade Organization Author:Arundhati Roy
“I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.” WritingMomentsSeemsPartyEconomicPolicyCaliforniaLabourMiceMickeyEconomic PolicyLabour Party Author:George Osborne
“I always wanted to write a book about LA, a big ambitious book. Nobody had ever really done it with LA- treating the city seriously as a major economic and cultural power, as the embodiment of 21st century America.” WritingBookDoneBigsWantedAmericaCitiesEconomicCenturyMajorsAmbitious21st CenturyEmbodiment Author:James Frey
“If one writing contributed more than any other to the framework in which this work Sowell's Knowledge and Decisions developed, it would be an essay entitled 'The Use of Knowledge in Society,' published in the American Economic Review of September 1945, and written by F. A. Hayek . . In this plain and apparently simple essay was a deeply penetrating insight into the way societies function and malfunction, and clues as to why they are so often and so profoundly misunderstood.” IfsWayWritingUseWould BeSimpleDecisionWrittenEconomicFunctionInsightReviewsSeptemberEntitledClueEssaysMisunderstoodFrameworkHayekMalfunctionUse Of Knowledge Author:Thomas Sowell
“In terms of the economics, yes obviously the rise of e-books and how people choose to read books has a big effect on the economics of the game. But whether people are buying them on paper or downloading them there's still some poor wretch in a room who is trying to write a poem, write a story, write a novel. And so my job doesn't change. It's just how people receive it and economic conditions on the ground change, but that doesn't affect what I write.” PeopleWritingTryingStillsBookStoriesBigsJobsGamesTermPoorRoomsNovelEconomicConditionsEffectsPaperEconomicsBuying Author:Colson Whitehead