“The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation of that labour. But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.” MayTwoDifferentFactsForceSocialProcessRolesEconomyCapitalismIncreaseHistoricalBranchesProductiveLabourProgressiveManifestDiversePropositionsNational Economy Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circle in mathematics, is impracticable, for want of a common mean or measure to go by.” WantMeanDifferentPoliticalNationsWealthCommonEconomyImpossibleSucceedMathematicsCirclesErasComparePolitical EconomyDifferent Eras Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“If the helplessness and isolation of labour, who have nothing to sell but their labour, can be totally removed by connecting labour with capital through a universal credit system, we'll then have other kinds of actors on the economic scene different from what the existing capitalist world would allow us to bring out.” IfsWorldKindDifferentActorsPoliticsEconomyEconomicSceneUniversalSellsCreditIsolationLiberalismLabourCapitalistConnectingHelplessness Author:Muhammad Yunus
“The stock market and economy are two different things.” TwoDifferentEconomyDifferent ThingsTwo Different Things Author:Milton Friedman
“The economy is very different in the world that we're living in. And I think Americans are looking for executive leadership that actually has some experience of creating jobs.” ThinkingWorldDifferentJobsEconomyCreatingExecutivesCreating Jobs Author:Rick Perry
“I would say nobody is perfect. I don't know all the answers. I have don't want to run people's lives and run the world and run the economy. So, my qualifications are a little bit different.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantLittlesDifferentRunningBitsAnswersPerfectEconomyLittle BitQualifications Author:Ron Paul
“It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely mathematical skill but a sensitivity to the relative importance of different factors and a critical, almost an artistic, faculty in the selection of behaviour equations which are reasonable, tentative hypotheses in explaining the behaviour of actual economies.” DifferentOrderProcessEconomyClearBuildingSkillsModelsImportanceCriticalFactorsArtisticMathematicalReasonableFacultyRelativeBehaviourSensitivityHypothesisSelectionEquationsExplaining Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“How do we create beauty in a broken world? How do we create a view of sustainability in an economy that is crashing? How do we reconfigure our lives, how do we pick up the pieces and create a meaningful life? So, yes, we have a different form of leadership but the questions remain the same.” WorldDifferentFormViewsEconomyPiecesOur LivesBrokenPicksMeaningfulSustainabilityMeaningful LifeBroken World Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.” NeedsKindDifferentSpiritualPrinciplesEconomyEconomicSecurityHungerCaringIntenseEthicalDifferent KindsSolidaritySensitivityEconomic Security Author:Michael Lerner
“This focus on money and power may do wonders in the marketplace, but it creates a tremendous crisis in our society. People who have spent all day learning how to sell themselves and to manipulate others are in no position to form lasting friendships or intimate relationships... Many Americans hunger for a different kind of society - one based on principles of caring, ethical and spiritual sensitivity, and communal solidarity. Their need for meaning is just as intense as their need for economic security.” PeopleNeedsKindMayDifferentSpiritualFormWonderPrinciplesEconomyFocusEconomicSecurityPositionCrisisSellsHungerCaringTyrannyIntenseIntimateOur SocietyLastingEthicalTyrantsDifferent KindsSolidaritySensitivityManipulateMarketplaceIntimate RelationshipsMoney And PowerLasting FriendshipEconomic Security Author:Michael Lerner
“If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.” IfsThinkingDifferentRunningOrderEconomyDefinitionsAlliesTroopsPropsDefinition Of Leadership Author:Barack Obama
“A term like capitalism is incredibly slippery, because there's such a range of different kinds of market economies.” KindDifferentTermEconomyCapitalismRangeDifferent KindsSlipperyMarket Economy Author:Naomi Klein
“The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.” DifferentPlayRolesEconomyMilitaryHugeAreasIraqOilDamageAfghanistanQuantityDisruptionShortageSupremacyAmerican MilitaryUndercut Author:Michael Klare
“It comes as no surprise that average Americans have a different perception of the economy than (US President) George W. Bush and his friends. They can play around with statistics as much as they want, but it's clear that we have an unfair distribution of wealth.” WantDifferentPlayPresidentWealthEconomyClearPerceptionSurpriseAverageStatisticsUnfairDistributionUs PresidentPresident George W BushDistribution Of WealthDifferent Perceptions Author:Kenneth Rogoff