“One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to Bush and the American economy. Hardly a day goes by without President Obama or his surrogates arguing that it takes longer than four years to recover from an economic crisis so long in the making.” YearsMayLongPresidentWonderBreakEconomyFourEconomicElectionCrisisTrackArguingCampaignsPresident ObamaFour YearsRight TrackEconomic CrisisSurrogatesAmerican Economy Author:Jon Meacham
“Why are drugs so profitable? Essentially, many argue, it’s because they are illegal. By making drugs a criminal enterprise, it creates an enormous black market economy where drugs fetch far greater prices than they would if legal.” IfsBlackEconomyGreaterDrugCriminalsArguingEnormousEnterpriseIllegalProfitableMarket EconomyFetch Author:James Morcan
“Structuralism argues that a liberal capitalist world economy tends to preserve or actually increase inequalities between developed and less developed economies.” WorldEconomyIncreaseArguingInequalityPreservesCapitalistWorld EconomyStructuralism Author:Robert Gilpin
“If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit. Money is power. I have been arguing that credit should be accepted as a human right. If we can come up with a system which allows everybody access to credit while ensuring excellent repayment - I can give you a guarantee that poverty will not last long.” IfsGivingShouldHumansLongHas BeensI CanActionLastsPoliticsPoorPovertyEconomyOvercomingCome UpCreditAccessArguingAcceptedExcellentLiberalismGuaranteesGuarantees ThatRepayment Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one.” WorldShouldRealForceNationsResultsEconomyStandardsTradeArguingDevelopingAgreementEngineersOutsourcingTrade AgreementsProtectionism Author:Brian Behlendorf
“Well, certainly the Democrats have been arguing to raise the capital gains tax on all Americans. Obama says he wants to do that. That would slow down economic growth. It's not necessarily helpful to the economy. Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.” WantWellsHas BeensGrowthEconomyCuttingEconomicTaxesGainsRaisesDemocratArguingHelpfulSlow DownEconomic GrowthCapital GainsCapital Gains Tax Author:Grover Norquist