“In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.” ValuesLostEconomyGreaterPossibilityFinancialSpendingAssetsHouseholdSignalsCautionMomentumWeakeningFinancial Markets Author:Alan Greenspan
“Even more fundamental than housing to the global financial economy is the idea that the U.S. government is a safe asset.” IdeasGovernmentEconomySafeFundamentalsFinancialAssetsHousing Author:Ezra Klein
“I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.” EconomyPeriodsCyclesAssetsRecessions Author:Stephen A. Schwarzman
“I want to build a bridge to the 21st century in which we create a strong and growing economy to preserve the legacy of opportunity for the next generation by balancing our budget in a way that protects our values and ensuring that every family will be able to own and protect the value of their most important asset, their home.” WayWantImportantHomeAbleValuesNextOpportunityStrongEconomyGrowingGenerationsCenturyProtectLegacyBridgesPreservesBudgetsAssets21st CenturyNext GenerationGrowing Economy Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995
“There is a religious principle: Love thy neighbour as thyself. But it's also an economic asset. If you've got a neighbour, you've got help, and this implies another limit. If you want to have neighbours, you can't have a limitless growth economy. You have to prefer to have a neighbour rather than to own your neighbour farm.” IfsWantHelpingGrowthReligiousPrinciplesEconomyEconomicLimitsAssetsFarmsLimitlessThyselfNeighbour Author:Wendell Berry
“We can just as easily have an economy that is based on healing the future instead of stealing it. We can either create assets for the future or take the assets of the future. One is called restoration and the other exploitation. And whenever we exploit the earth we exploit people and cause untold suffering. Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.” PeopleWayEarthSufferingCausesHealingEconomyRichEnvironmentalStealingAssetsSustainabilityExploitationExploitsRestorationGet Rich Author:Paul Hawken
“Asset bubbles have happened even without not-so-easy money. And, in a depressed economy, where alternative uses of money are not great, people are going to bid up the prices of profitable corporations and stuff like that.” PeopleUseEasyStuffEconomyHappenedAlternativesCorporationsAssetsBubblesProfitableGreat PeopleEasy Money Author:Paul Krugman
“Expanding the Toronto Island Airport will undermine the downtown's economy and liveability and intensify pollution and smog from Oshawa to Oakville. I urge Torontonians to close down this dangerous Trojan horse and get on with planning constructive and delightful ways of using our magnificent lakeside assets.” WayEconomyDangerousHorsePlanningIslandsUrgesAssetsPollutionMagnificentDelightfulExpandingAirportsConstructiveTorontoDowntownSmogTrojansTrojan Horse Author:Jane Jacobs