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“Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own devices, markets pick expensive banking losers.”

Way Want Hard Government Left Growth Economy Picks Expensive Devices Loser Banking Stripes Hard Way

Author:Frances O'Grady

“Please, accept the most sincere words of sympathy over the natural disaster that affected the United States . I know that hurricane Katrina that hit the US south-western coast led to casualties, left homeless dozens of thousands of US citizens and inflicted a strong damage to the economy of this region. I ask you to convey my condolences to the next of kin of those killed,.”

“Anybody interested in solving, rather than profiting from, the problems of food production and distribution will see that in the long run the safest food supply is a local food supply, not a supply that is dependent on a global economy. Nations and regions within nations must be left free and should be encouraged to develop the local food economies that best suit local needs and local conditions.”

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“We mustn't fear to adopt the advanced management methods applied in capitalist countries. The very essence of socialism is the liberation and development of the productive systems. Socialism and market economy are not incompatible. We should be concerned about right-wing deviations, but most of all, we must be concerned about left-wing deviations.”

Should Country Left Economy Development Concerned Essence Management Method Wings Socialism Liberation Productive Capitalist Right Wing Left Wing Market Economy Deviation

Author:Deng Xiaoping

“Like all other contracts, wages should be left to the fair and free competition of themarket, and should never be controlled by the interference of the legislature.”

Should Wisdom Politics Left Economy Fairs Competition Liberalism Controlled Contracts Wages Legislature Interference

Author:David Ricardo

“My university education had been a shallow and superficial enterprise. The central driving forces of the economy I lived in were either ignored or left vague, to the point of meaningless.”

Left Force Economy University Driving Enterprise Meaningless Ignored Vague Shallow Superficial Driving Force University Education

Author:Herbert Schiller

“Had there been any existent vital and energetic institution left in Society after the Reformation for the use of small property in coordinated form-that is, in combination, so that the average man's holding could be put to useful purpose in company with the holdings of a great number of other men of his own sort, the new evils would not have arisen.”

Men Use Wisdom Form Purpose Evil Politics Left Numbers Company Economy Institutions Property Average Combination Liberalism Reformation Energetic Average Man

Book:The Crisis Of Civilization

Source: The Crisis Of Civilization

“We cannot make owners by merely giving men something to own. And, I repeat, whether there be sufficient desire for property left upon which we can work, only experience can decide.”

Men Giving Wisdom Desire Politics Left Economy Property Sufficient Repeats Liberalism Owners

Book:An Essay on the Restoration of Property

Source: An Essay on the Restoration of Property

“There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which had much better been left to another Government agency or the Congress to attain. The country could have had lower interest rates without sacrificing anything else.”

Has Beens Ends Country Government Politics Left Interest Economy Sacrifice Gains Raised Rate Congress Agency Liberalism Reserves Federal Reserve Interest Rate Government Agencies

Author:Wright Patman

“A genuine Left doesn't consider anyone's suffering irrelevant or titillating; nor does it function as a microcosm of capitalist economy, with men competing for power and status at the top, and women doing all the work at the bottom.... Goodbye to all that.”

Men Doe Suffering Left Economy Function Bottom Genuine Liberalism Goodbye Capitalist Competing Irrelevant Microcosm Capitalist Economy

Book:The Word of a Woman: Feminist Dispatches

Source: The Word of a Woman: Feminist Dispatches

“Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.”

Needs Care Left Nations Poor Behinds Economy Economic Development Empowerment India Take Care Sections Left Behind Deprived Economic Development Complement

Author:Narendra Modi

“What is left that only the family can do? According to the new economy - nothing. The leading view today is 'It Takes a Village,' that even love can be outsourced to teachers, coaches, clubs and mentors. The truth is that it does take a village, a community, but a community of families working, playing, cooperating and facing obstacles together, not a community of government institutions.”

Doe Government Today Together Left Can Do Community Views Economy Teacher Truth Is Institutions Clubs Obstacles Coaches Village Mentor Cooperating Outsourced It Takes A Village

Author:Oliver DeMille

“What we are left with is an overmanipulated economy that can't function normally.”

Left Economy Function

Author:Kenichi Ohmae