“Quite apart from our desire to avoid destroying the planet or economic meltdown, I offer another reason to position cooperation at the heart of our political economy: it will mean we are more likely to live sane, fruitful lives” HeartMeanReasonPoliticalDesireVisionEconomyEconomicPositionPlanetsFutureOffersCooperationDestroyingSaneSustainable DevelopmentPolitical EconomyMeltdownsFruitful Life Author:Oliver James
“The health of our home planet and the survival of our species will only be secured through the use of space resources and the expansion of Earth's economic sphere to the Moon and beyond. Creating an off-Earth economy and multi-planet civilization will safeguard the long term prospects of humanity.” LongUseHomeEarthHumanityTermSpaceEconomyEconomicPlanetsCivilizationMoonCreatingSurvivalResourcesSpeciesLong TermSpheresExpansionProspectsSecured Author:Bob Richards
“The stock market is but a mirror which provides an image of the underlying or fundamental economic situation. Cause and effect run from the economy to the stock market, never the reverse. In 1929 the economy was headed for trouble. Eventually that trouble was violently reflected in Wall Street.” RunningCausesSituationEconomyTroubleEconomicStreetsEffectsWallMirrorsFundamentalsReverseCause And Effect Book:THE GREAT CRASH 1929 Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929
“I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it may sound illogical to some people when the revenues are down, but spend more to juice things up and then do the cuts later once you're back, your economy is back in gear and running.” PeopleThinkingShouldMayRunningStrongSoundEconomyCuttingEconomicRevenueConsensusJuiceGearsIllogicalJuncture Author:Thomas B. Edsall
“We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path of a socialist market economy. We have achieved strong economic growth, and yet the sense of solidarity in our society has not been lost. This is very important to people.” PeopleImportantWarHardLostStrongGrowthEconomyPathEconomicIndependenceSocialismOur SocietySocialistSolidarityProsperousEconomic GrowthMarket EconomyAffluentReunification Author:Nguyen Minh Triet
“There is a clear connection between developing the skills and talents of young people, and our economic success as a province. Initiatives like the Make Your Pitch competition and the Ontario Social Impact Voucher help us nurture the next generation of business leaders. We will continue creating an inviting environment for our next generation of entrepreneurs, ensuring they develop the right skills needed to succeed in a globally competitive economy and build the future of Ontario.” PeopleHelpingYoungNextSocialLeaderEconomyClearEnvironmentGenerationsEconomicTalentNeededSucceedSkillsCreatingConnectionsImpactEntrepreneurCompetitionDevelopingInitiativeNurtureNext GenerationProvincesInvitingBusiness LeadersOntarioVouchersSocial ImpactEconomic SuccessSkills And Talent Author:Brad Duguid
“The foundation of Ontario's economy is our skilled workers and innovative companies. Our government will continue its proactive approach to partnering with business and industry, investing strategically to help companies grow and create jobs in this period of economic uncertainty.” HelpingGovernmentJobsGrowsCompanyEconomyEconomicIndustryPeriodsApproachFoundationWorkersInvestingUncertaintyInnovativeProactiveOntarioSkilled WorkersPartnering Author:Brad Duguid
“Through Economic Action Plan 2015, our Government will continue to help create jobs, encourage skills development and balance the budget in 2015. I look forward to hearing Canadians' ideas on what we can do to further support and grow the economy for the benefit of all Canadians.” LooksIdeasHelpingGovernmentActionJobsGrowsCan DoSupportEconomyPlansEconomicDevelopmentBalanceSkillsBenefitsHearingBudgetsSkills Development Author:Kevin Sorenson
“The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.” Has BeensPastForceNumbersHalfTechnologyEconomyDoubtEconomicCenturyReturnPeriodsRootsTransformationInnovationRaisesTrainDecadesIntenseTendenciesDramaticNo DoubtProductiveYieldEfficiencyOver The PastNew TechnologyCumulative Author:Alan Greenspan
“Like nature, our economic system remains, in the long run, stable and rational...We welcome the inevitable seasons of our economy! How foolish of us.” LongRunningEconomyEconomicSeasonsRemainsFoolishRationalWelcomeInevitableStableLong RunsEconomic Systems Author:Jerzy Kosinski
“Our country today is at a cross-point of several crises that were triggered by three groups of causes: the effects of the 2008 world crisis, the external political and economic pressure, and the internal problems and constraints that have built up in our economy” WorldCountryProblemTodayPoliticalThreeCausesEconomyGroupsEconomicEffectsBuiltCrossesPressureCrisisOur CountryInternalsConstraints Author:Dmitry Medvedev
“We don't measure whether an economy is developing. We just measure whether companies are selling more, whether inventories are up or down, not whether the health, safety and economic well-being of people are being advanced.” PeopleWellsCompanyEconomyEconomicSafetySellingDevelopingWell BeingInventorySelling More Author:Ralph Nader
“...countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development.” WayShouldCountryGovernmentCompanyRolesEconomyEnvironmentEconomicDevelopmentEntrepreneurEconomic Development Author:John Naisbitt
“Inappropriate macro economic policies in some economies, characterised by [a] low savings rate and high consumption [and] failure of financial supervision and regulation to keep up with innovation which allowed financial derivatives to spread.” EconomyEconomicPolicyLowsInnovationRateFinancialSpreadSavingRegulationConsumptionSavingsInappropriateDerivativesEconomic PolicySupervisionMacro Author:Wen Jiabao
“The information glut has become a ruling cliche. As all resources - from energy to information - become more abundant, the presure of economic scarcity falls ever more heavily on one key residual, and that single shortage looms ever more stringent and controlling. The governing scarcity of the information economy is time: the shards of a second, the hours in a day, the years in a life, the latency of memory, the delay in aluminum wires, the time to market, the time to metastasis, the time to retirement.” YearsFallEnergyHoursMemoriesEconomyEconomicInformationKeysResourcesRetirementDelayRulingWireClicheGoverningShortageScarcityAluminumResidual Author:George Gilder
“The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy.” PeopleEconomyEconomicMaterialsDevelopmentResourcesUltimateRaw MaterialsEconomic Development Book:Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New Source: Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New
“Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this level of inequality is unsustainable. We need an economy that works for all, not just the powerful.” NeedsTodayGamesWealthLevelsPowerfulEconomyEconomicBottomInequalityRigged Author:Bernie Sanders
“Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are telling them about the economy” PeopleWellsEconomyEconomicPoliticianPerceptionWell BeingDestructiveGapsDay To DayStatistician Author:Nicolas Sarkozy