“Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third, we must begin to decarbonise our energy supply” NeedsFirstsEnergyBusinessPrinciplesDesignIndustryWasteEconomicsThirdsManagementEnvironmental Author:David Miliband
“(Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation of profit, it is the avoidance of loss” FirstsLossBusinessPrinciplesWasteEconomicsManagementProfitAvoidanceGuiding Principles Author:Peter Drucker
“Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.” FirstsStepsIgnoranceEconomicsFirst StepsAdmittingAcquiring Knowledge Author:Socrates
“The first commandment of economics is: Grow. Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National economies need to swell by a certain percent each year. People should want more, make more, earn more, spend more - ever more. The first commandment of the Earth is: enough. Just so much and no more. Just so much soil. Just so much water. Just so much sunshine. Everything born of the Earth grows to its appropriate size and then stops.” PeopleWantNeedsShouldYearsFirstsEnoughEarthCertainGrowsWaterBornCompanyEconomyForeverPercentEconomicsBiggerSizeSoilAppropriateSunshineCommandmentsNational Economy Author:Donella Meadows
“One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England.” FirstsProblemLawEnvironmentAirKingsEconomicsEnglandBurningConsiderationPollutionExecutionPenaltiesOffenseCoalDeath PenaltyMother EarthSave Mother EarthAir Pollution Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“Early ecologists soon realised that, since humans are organisms, ecology should include the study of the relationship between humans and the rest of the biosphere. ... We don't often tend to think about the social sciences (history, economics and politics) as subcategories of ecology. But since people are organisms, it is apparent that we must first understand the principles of ecology if we are to make sense of the events in the human world.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldShouldFirstsHumansSocialPrinciplesStudyEventsEconomicsEnvironmentalMake SenseOrganismsEcologyRealisedSocial ScienceBiosphere Author:Richard Heinberg
“General editors' preface The growth of translation studies as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1980s. The subject has developed in many parts of the world and is clearly destined to continue developing well into the twenty-first century. Translation studies brings together work in a wide variety of fields, including linguistics, literary study, history, anthropology, psychology, and economics. This series of books will reflect the breadth of work in translation studies and will enable readers to share in the exciting new developments that are taking place at the present time.” WorldFirstsWellsBookStoriesTogetherGrowthStudyPsychologyShareSubjectsCenturyFieldsDevelopmentReaderDisciplineEconomicsExcitingTwentiesSeriesIncludingWideVarietyDevelopingEditorsDestinedTranslationsAnthropologyLinguisticsBreadthPresent TimeSuccess Stories Author:Lawrence Venuti
“Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readjustment can possibly save our civilization; we can be saved only by a renovation of the inner man, only by a purging of our hearts and souls; for only by seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice will all these other things be added unto us.” MenFirstsHeartSoulPoliticalJusticeEconomicModernCivilizationEconomicsForgottenSeekingSavedKingdomsProphetKingdom Of GodHeart And SoulPurgingRenovationGodlessness Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Well, I think first of all, probably the most fundamental thing is that we are a mixed-signal analog semiconductor company, which, along with some of the other well-known names in the industry, enjoys very good economics.” ThinkingFirstsWellsNamesEnjoyCompanyKnownIndustryEconomicsFundamentalsVery GoodWell KnownSignalsAnalogSemiconductors Author:David Milne
“I have tried to put myself in the position of someone seeing economics for the first time. My goal is to emphasize the material that students should and do find interesting about the study of the economy.” ShouldFirstsGoalInterestingEconomyStudySeeingPositionStudentsMaterialsFirst TimeEconomics Author:Greg Mankiw
“First, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better.” ThinkingFirstsEconomicEconomicsMonetary Author:Martin Feldstein