“Here is a principle to use in all aspects of economics and policy. When you find a good or service that is in huge demand but the supply is so limited to the point that the price goes up and up, look for the regulation that is causing it. This applies regardless of the sector, whether transportation, gas, education, food, beer, or daycare. There is something in the way that is preventing the market from working as it should. If you look carefully enough, you will find the hand of the state making the mess in question.” IfsWayShouldLooksStatesEnoughUseHandsPrinciplesPolicyHugeDemandAspectEconomicsMessBeerGasRegulationTransportationPreventingDaycare Author:Jeffrey Tucker
“Unlike the position that exists in the physical sciences, in economics and other disciplines that deal with essentially complex phenomena, the aspects of the events to be accounted for about which we can get quantitative data are necessarily limited and may not include the important ones.” MayImportantDealsEventsPositionDisciplineAspectEconomicsComplexesDataPhenomenonPhysical Science Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?” IfsCostAspectEconomicsFundamentalsLaysEnterpriseWhy NotPenaltiesFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people, not of factories. The intellectual factor has become increasingly important in the economy, which is why we are planning to focus on providing additional opportunities for people to realise their potential.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityResponsibilityHistoryPowerEconomyPlansEconomicCenturyHonestyDevelopmentCreatingIntellectualAspectEconomicsDebtSocialismRealisingFactories21st CenturyTaxationEconomic Development Author:Vladimir Putin
“persons, with big wigs many of them and austere aspect, whom I take to be Professors of the Dismal Science… Coining “Dismal Science” as a nickname for Political Economy” PersonsBigsPoliticalEconomyAspectEconomicsProfessorsNicknamesWigsPolitical Economy Author:Thomas Carlyle
“[There will be movement toward] behavioral economics... [which] involves study of those aspects of men's images, or cognitive and affective structures that are more relevant to economic decisions.” MenDecisionStudyEconomicMovementAspectEconomicsStructureRelevantCognitiveBehavioral Economics Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of Islamic culture and civilization to philosophy to art to science to social structure to economics who have not met the destiny of al-Hallaj.” ArtPhilosophyCultureSocialDestinyMillionsCivilizationMetsAspectEconomicsImpactStructureIslamicAlsSufiSocial StructureIslamic Culture Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“This is a timely and relevant initiative. The environmental challenges facing Singapore and the region are becoming more complex. Tackling them will require inter-disciplinary approaches combined with a good understanding of science, economics and governance aspects. The NUS Bachelor of Environment programme will fill a much needed gap in the current framework. NEA is pleased to be a partner to this programme.” UnderstandingChallengesEnvironmentBecomingNeededApproachAspectEconomicsComplexesEnvironmentalCurrentsPartnersRegionsGapsRelevantInitiativeGovernanceFrameworkBecoming MoreSingaporeProgrammesBachelorsTimelyTacklingGood UnderstandingEnvironmental Challenges Author:Andrew Tan
“There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men typically are asked to excel. I believe empathy is not only the core of art, literature and music, but should also be at the core of society, from ethics to economics.” MenShouldBelieveArtImportantLiteratureI BelievePersonalitySkillsEmpathyEthicsAspectEconomicsCoreLiterature And Music Author:Chris Ware
“All around us, aspects of the modern world - diet, exercise, medicine, art, work, family, philosophy, economics, ecology, psychology - have begun a long circle back toward their former coherence. Whether they can arrive before the natural world is damaged beyond repair and madness destroys humanity, we cannot tell.” WorldLongArtPhilosophyHumanityNaturalPsychologyModernExerciseAspectEconomicsMadnessMedicineCirclesFormerDietsEcologyModern WorldNatural WorldCoherenceWork Family Book:Coming Home to the Pleistocene Source: Coming Home to the Pleistocene
“We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect.” IfsSpiritualWomenMoralRightsMovementAspectEconomicsRegardProfoundInjusticeMotivatedWomens RightsBourgeoisProfound Spiritual Author:Clara Zetkin