“As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.” IfsShouldPoliticalAbilityLevelsPowerfulAudienceEconomyMediaFieldsSourceInternetShould HaveInnovationCustomersCorporationsEnginesDiscourseSmall BusinessPlaying FieldsForumsBloggersPolitical DiscourseLevel Playing Field Author:Al Franken
“The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.” WorldCountryEconomyEconomicFieldsGlobalizationWorld EconomyEconomic Globalization Author:Richard Grasso
“We must surely appear to the world as exactly what we are: a nation that organizes its economy around consuming twice as much oil as it produces, and around the profligate wastefulness of the wars and campaigns required to defend such consumption. In recent years we have defined our national interest largely in terms of the oil fields and pipelines we need to procure fuel.” WorldNeedsYearsWarNationsTermInterestEconomyFieldsProduceOilCampaignsDefinedFuelConsumptionConsumerismOrganizeConsumingOverconsumptionPipelineNational InterestsWastefulnessOil Field Book:Small Wonder Source: Small Wonder
“Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.” MadeWarMightForceEconomyFieldsEssentialsUnityCommandDestroyedOppositionWarfareEquilibriumBreachSiege Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If in the human economy, a squash in the field is worth more than a bushel of soil, that does not mean that food is more valuable than soil; it means simply that we do not know how to value the soil. In its complexity and its potential longevity, the soil exceeds our comprehension; we do not know how to place a just market value on it, and we will never learn how. Its value is inestimable; we must value it, beyond whatever price we put on it, by respecting it.” IfsKnowsHumansMeanDoeValuesKnow HowEconomyLandFieldsValuableComplexitySoilLongevityExceedComprehensionSquash Author:Wendell Berry
“Over a wide field of our economy it is still the better course to rely on the nineteenth century's "hidden hand" than to thrust clumsy bureaucratic fingers into its sensitive mechanism. In particular, we cannot afford to damage its mainspring, freedom of competitive enterprise.” StillsHandsCoursesEconomyCenturyFieldsParticularFingersWideSensitiveRelyDamageEnterpriseMechanismThrustNineteenth CenturyClumsy Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“Our goal is to leverage what is already out in the field in terms of partners, but then hire in project management capability and a bit of technical capability.” BitsGoalTermEconomyFieldsProjectsManagementPartnersCapabilityProject Management Author:Kevin B. Rollins
“Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.” WantMatterTodayOpportunityTechnologyEconomyCenturyFieldsStudentsSkillsDemandEssentialsComputerAdvantageNo Matter WhatPreparedCorePursueProgrammingBe Prepared21st CenturyComputer ProgrammingStudents Today Author:Todd Park
“Most intellectuals outside the field of economics show remarkably little interest in learning even the basic fundamentals of economics. Yet they do not hesitate to make sweeping pronouncements about the economy in general, businesses in particular, and the many issues revolving around what is called 'income distribution'.” LittlesShowsInterestEconomyIssuesFieldsParticularEconomicsFundamentalsIncomeDistributionSweepingRevolvingIncome Distribution Author:Thomas Sowell
“We can achieve the utmost in economies by engineering knowledge; we can conquer new fields by research; we can build plants and machines that shall stand among the wonders of the world; but unless we put the right man in the right place-unless we make it possible for our workers and executives alike to enjoy a sense of satisfaction in their jobs, our efforts will have been in vain.” MenWorldHas BeensJobsEnjoyEffortWonderEconomyAchieveFieldsResearchMachinesPlantWorkersSatisfactionConquerVainExecutivesEngineeringRight PlaceRight ManWonder Of The World Author:Edward Stettinius, Jr.
“It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the status quo and require much careful thought across many fields of knowledge. Problems of climatic change, biotic impoverishment, population growth, and the choices to be made by various technologies and the transition to a sustainable and decent society with an economy that works over the long-term are difficult, complex, and intertwined problems with many possible answers.” LongMadeRealProblemChoicesDifficultGrowthTermChallengesAnswersTechnologyEconomyIssuesFieldsEasierIntellectualSolutionsComplexesEnvironmentalPopulationCarefulVariousComplicatedMessLong TermDecentTransitionSustainabilityStatus QuoIntertwinedPopulation Growth Book:The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror Source: The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror
“E governance can bring minimum government and maximum governance. It is easy, effective and economic governance. It brings empowerment, equity and efficiency of the economy. It is a very useful field that can be the greatest problem solver of the people.” PeopleProblemGovernmentEasyEconomyEconomicFieldsEmpowermentIndiaEfficiencyMinimumEquityGovernanceMaximumProblem Solvers Author:Narendra Modi
“Women who earn a certificate or degree from a community college, especially in STEM-related field, will be ready to move into a good-paying job in the growing global economy. Community colleges also offer mentorship and support that goes far beyond the classroom.” JobsMovingCommunitySupportEconomyGrowingFieldsCollegeReadyOffersDegreesRelatedClassroomStemGlobal EconomyCertificatesCommunity College Author:Jill Biden