“Money, amazingly, is losing its power... Our economy is rapidly changing from a money economy to a satisfaction economy.” EconomyLosingSatisfaction Book:Authentic Happiness Source: Authentic Happiness
“Indeed, as we begin the twenty-first century, the money and traditional economies are slowly destroying their own support system. Increasing demands of the two economies are surpassing the sustainable yields of the ecosystems that underpin them. For example, one-third of the world's cropland is losing topsoil at a rate that is undermining its long-term productivity, fully half of the world's rangeland is overgrazed and deteriorating into desert, and the world's forests have shrunk by about half since the dawn of agriculture and are continuing to shrink.” WorldFirstsLongTwoTermHalfSupportEconomyLandCenturyExampleDemandLosingThirdsTwentiesRateProductivityForestsTraditionalDesertDawnLong TermYieldDestroyingContinuingAgricultureShrinksEcosystemsUnderminingSupport SystemsSurpassingDeterioratingTopsoil Author:Stuart L. Hart
“You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject.” PeopleKnowsHeartWarStatesNamesEnergyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomySubjectsLosingBlessCredibilityKnowing GodGod Bless Author:Nancy Pelosi
“With conglomerates selling companies to liquidators, who close down plants and move to non-union areas, it's about time progressive union leaders step in to stop such job-losing tactics... ESOP should become a part of future bargaining packages!” ShouldWisdomJobsMovingPoliticsCompanyLeaderStepsEconomyLosingAreasUnionsPlantSellingLiberalismProgressiveTacticsPackagesBargainingEsops Author:Tom Colicchio
“George Stigler was a delightful correspondent. In a letter from London in 1948, after remarking on the inconvertibility of the pound and the inedible, still-rationed food, he concluded, "So here I am losing weight and gaining pounds.” StillsEconomyLosingLettersWeightLondonPoundsDelightfulHere I Am Author:Milton Friedman
“In his annual economic report to Congress President Bush said that the transfer of American jobs overseas is actually part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time. So basically, losing your job to someone else can be a good thing. Of course we'll see how he feels about that in November.” FeelsSaidJobsCoursesPresidentEconomyEconomicLosingTransformationGood ThingsCongressReportsPresident BushNovemberTransfersAnnualsAmerican Jobs Author:Jay Leno
“We also have to match the skills with the needs of the economy... I think we are losing the plot because we are continuing to produce the people that are not going to be the drivers of industrialisation. So that needs the discipline of both training institutions and policies that drive our people to industrialisation.” PeopleThinkingNeedsEconomyPolicyProduceDisciplineSkillsLosingTrainingInstitutionsPlotDriversContinuing Author:Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
“The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.” GovernmentForceEconomyLosingDrawsIdeologyChineseIdeologicalLegitimacyMaoChinese Government Author:Steve Forbes