“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.” IfsThinkingLongStatesGovernmentAbleGrowthTermAbilityUnitedUnited StatesEconomyObligationLong TermGlobal Economy Author:Charles Bass
“We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy.” WellsAbilityEconomyEconomicPolicyPrioritiesFlexibleEconomic PolicyAmerican EconomyAdaptive Author:John W. Snow
“Needless to say, under either system [socialism or fascism], the inequalities of income and standard of living are greater than anything possible under a free economy -- and a man's position is determined, not by his productive ability and achievement, but by political pull and force. Under both systems, sacrifice is invoked as a magic, omnipotent solution in any crisis -- and "the public good" is the altar on which victims are immolated.” MenPoliticalForceAbilityEconomyGreaterMagicSacrificePositionAchievementSolutionsStandardsCrisisVictimDeterminedIncomeSocialismInequalityProductiveFascismAltarsStandards Of LivingOmnipotentPublic GoodFree Economy Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“The most serious problems lie in the financial sphere, where the economy's debt overhead has grown more rapidly than the 'real' economy's ability to carry this debt. [...] The essence of the global financial bubble is that savings are diverted to inflate the stock market, bond market and real estate prices rather than to build new factories and employ more labor.” RealProblemLyingAbilityEconomySeriousLaborEssenceFinancialDebtSavingSpheresFactoriesBubblesEstatesSavingsOverheadBond Market Author:Michael Hudson
“The concentration of wealth is a natural result of this concentration of ability, and regularly recurs in history. The rate of concentration varies (other factors being equal) with the economic freedom permitted by morals and laws.” LawPoliticsNaturalWealthAbilityResultsMoralEconomyEconomicEqualRateFactorsLiberalismConcentrationVaryEconomic FreedomBeing EqualConcentration Of Wealth Book:The Lessons of History Source: The Lessons of History
“That which is inherently nonfinanceable is financed. That which is inherently financeable is not financed. And the illogic of poverty amidst eagerness and ability to produce plenty goes on.” WisdomPoliticsAbilityPovertyEconomyProduceGoes OnPlentyLiberalismEagerness Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Government has the responsibility to provide the climate in which Americans, all Americans, have an opportunity for good jobs; and not only for good jobs, but an opportunity if they have the ability and the desire, to be owners and managers, to have a piece of the action, because if they have a piece of the action, then they believe in the system rather than fighting against it.” IfsBelieveWisdomGovernmentActionJobsDesireFightingOpportunityPoliticsAbilityResponsibilityEconomyPiecesClimateManagersLiberalismOwnersGood Job Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public interest, their main qualification: ability.” ShouldPoliticsInterestAbilityEconomyMembersChosenLiberalismRepresentationCommitteesQualificationsPublic InterestAdvisory Author:Wright Patman
“We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!” IfsWorldWayNeedsGivingMayMeanFactsWisdomFacesYoungSufferingPoliticsImaginationAbilityVisionEconomyEconomicTasksFaultsEnthusiasmGrantedLiberalismEconomic SystemsCorrectingDrastic Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.” ThinkingWisdomSchoolPoliticsAbilityResultsEconomyGenerationsWesternLiberalismComing Out Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.” IfsPoliticalAbilityEconomyInfluenceAchieveEssentialsFunctionIndependentInstitutionsObjectivesCommitteesPolitical Influence Author:Ben Bernanke
“I have never for a minute felt in was my stock picking abilities. I feel that my stock picking abilities aided- I was able to pick out which are the good stocks in the good market, but I have been blessed with a great market.” FeelsHas BeensAbleFeltAbilityEconomyMinutesPicksBlessed Author:Jim Cramer
“I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.” TryingLooksMeanImportantShowsAbilityEconomyProductsInvolvedHappeningsDetailsInterfere Author:Rupert Murdoch
“The question is what will Mitt Romney do as president if his policy is simply to be hands off and let the government be made so small it can be drowned in a bathtub. In the 21st century global economy, no state alone has the ability to compete against China.” IfsMadeStatesHandsGovernmentPresidentAbilityEconomyCenturyPolicyChina21st CenturyRomneyGlobal EconomyBathtubs Author:Jennifer Granholm
“The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances.” SelfAbilityEconomyGreaterConsequenceResponseSizeInevitableFlexibleDisturbanceImbalance Author:Alan Greenspan
“One good test of whether an economy is humanistic or not is the plausibility of earning the ability to drop out of it for a while without incident or insult.” AbilityEconomyTestsInsultEarningIncidentsHumanistic Book:Who Owns the Future? Source: Who Owns the Future?
“What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.” EndsUseLanguageAbilityEconomyImageryVisual Imagery Author:Mos Def
“I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike - an America that is moving, doing, working, trying - a strong America in a world of peace. That peace must be based on world law and world order, on the mutual respect of all nations for the rights and powers of others and on a world economy in which no nation lacks the ability to provide a decent standard of living for all of its people.” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveAmericaMovingLawOrderStrongI BelieveNationsAbilityEconomyRightsStandardsI Believe InDecentMutualMarchFoeWorld OrderStandards Of LivingMutual RespectWorld EconomyStrong America Author:John F. Kennedy
“If you like what Wall Street did for the housing market, you'll love what Wall Street is doing for commodities. Goldman's ability to influence any portion of the price for a key component of the industrial economy is simply unacceptable.” IfsLoveAbilityEconomyInfluenceStreetsWallKeysPortionsCommodityComponentsHousingHousing Market Author:Carl Levin
“One thing I will not compromise over is whether or not Congress should pay the tab for a bill they've already racked up. If Congress refuses to give the United States the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic.” IfsGivingShouldStatesAbilityUnitedPayUnited StatesEconomyOne ThingConsequenceBillsCongressRefuseCompromiseGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“Ontario's auto sector is a cornerstone of our economy - a key source of our ability to export, innovate and create jobs. In this highly competitive global economy, we need to drive further investment and ensure the sector remains strong. I am confident that this new partnership, with Ray Tanguay's strategic advice and leadership, will allow Ontario to increase our competitiveness, productivity, and market share in the auto sector, and I look forward to their important work contributing to a more prosperous, innovative Ontario economy.” NeedsLooksImportantJobsStrongAbilityEconomyShareAdviceSourceKeysIncreaseRemainsInvestmentProductivityRaysPartnershipInnovativeProsperousStrategicContributingGlobal EconomyCornerstonesCompetitivenessImportant WorkOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“I'm pleased we are going to be able to offer job opportunities to so many deserving young people. When we provide youth of all abilities and backgrounds with the experience and skills they need to succeed, we build a brighter future for young people and a stronger Ontario economy.” PeopleNeedsAbleJobsYoungOpportunityAbilityEconomyYouthOffersSucceedSkillsStrongerBackgroundsBrighterDeservingOntarioJob OpportunitiesBrighter Future Author:Brad Duguid
“I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.” ThinkingImportantAbilityPartyEconomyStreetsSkillsLocalsTerrificOrganizer Author:David Korten
“In an increasingly non-linear economy, incremental change is not enough-you have to build a capacity for strategy innovation, one that increases your ability to recognize new opportunities.” EnoughOpportunityAbilityEconomyCapacityIncreaseInnovationStrategyLinearNew OpportunityIncremental Change Author:Gary Hamel