“Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.” ThinkingHas BeensEconomyStandardsIndiaWesternDrivenMarket EconomyPublic SectorMixed Economy Author:Manmohan Singh
“The American economy is driven by small business. And there's nothing basically to create incentives for small businesses. We've done no tax reform. They're the highest-taxed group in the country. And corporations can go anywhere they want and do whatever they want. Small businesses have to stay.” WantCountryDoneEconomyGroupsTaxesHighestDrivenReformCorporationsSmall BusinessIncentivesAmerican EconomyTax Reform Author:Ed Rollins
“Keynes was chief economic adviser to the British government and largely responsible for keeping the British economy afloat at a time when more than half of our gross national product, and all of our foreign exchange, was being spent on the war. I was lucky to be present at one of his rare appearances in Cambridge, when he gave a lecture with the title "Newton, the Man." Four years later he died of heart failure, precipitated by overwork and the hardships of crossing the Atlantic repeatedly in slow propeller-driven airplanes under wartime conditions.” MenYearsHeartWarGovernmentHalfEconomyFourEconomicConditionsHe ManProductsLuckyDiedResponsibleAppearanceBritishDrivenChiefsTitlesHardshipFour YearsAirplaneGrossLecturesNewtonCrossingsAdviserCambridgeWartimeOverworkKeynesBritish GovernmentHeart FailurePropellerForeign ExchangeBritish Economy Author:Freeman Dyson
“From its founding, [Nevada] has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and now gaming and tourism--that have driven the state's economy and compelled its direction.” StatesGovernmentEconomyMastersIndustrySeriesDrivenFederal GovernmentFoundingCompelledTourismRailroadsGamingMiningNevada Book:The Making of Modern Nevada Source: The Making of Modern Nevada
“It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.” HumansLittlesHomeWisdomGovernmentWould BePoliticalUsedPoliticsEconomyToo MuchEconomicLandTaughtDrivenLiberalismTragicDistrustSuspiciousFrailtyEconomic Power Author:Ndabaningi Sithole
“Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government... They have driven the American economy since its founding, and the prosperity of our country is largely dependent on the free operation of corporations. But some corporations don't want free markets, and they don't want democracy. They want profits.” WantShouldCountryGovernmentRunningEconomyDemocracyGood ThingsProfitProsperityDrivenOur CountryCorporationsOperationsDependentFoundingFree MarketAmerican Economy Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“The greenhouse is driven by three things: economy, flavor, ecology. Where ecology is what's being grown in this micro-ecology that can simultaneously thrive and better the soil/rotation, not just the flavor.” ThreeEconomyDrivenSoilThriveEcologyFlavorThree ThingsGreenhousesRotation Author:Dan Barber
“There is a central difference between the old and new economies: the old industrial economy was driven by economies of scale; the new information economy is driven by the economics of networks.” DifferencesEconomyInformationEconomicsDrivenScalesCollaborationNew InformationOld And New Book:Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy Source: Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy
“From the 1970s, there has been a significant change in the US economy, as planners, private and state, shifted it toward financialization and the offshoring of production, driven in part by the declining rate of profit in domestic manufacturing.” Has BeensStatesEconomyRateProfitProductionsDrivenSignificantManufacturingPlannersSignificant Change Author:Noam Chomsky
“The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed.” EconomyEconomicsIndiaTragedyCrisisGreedDrivenUnnecessary Author:Vandana Shiva