“If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.” IfsWorldIdeasEconomyCuttingIncreaseInfiniteProtectionProductivityControlledNew IdeasIncentives Author:Manmohan Singh
“With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.” WayStrongHoursEconomyPathStandardsGainsProductivityImprovingWagesStagnantGet Ahead Author:Jared Bernstein
“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
“I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy: it keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.” LongRealWould BeInterestEconomyIncreaseRateDebtProductivityIncomeFinanceSavingBeneficialSavingsInterest RateNational Debt Author:Alan Greenspan
“One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans with greater responsibility sharing... Trade unions in this country should... consider these arrangements much more carefully than they have up to now... Expanded employee profit participation and stock ownership would provide workers with a greater measure of economic and social independence, thus stimulating increased productivity.” WayShouldCountryWisdomJobsPoliticsSocialResponsibilityEconomyGreaterPlansEconomicInvolvedIndependenceTradeUnionsWorkersProfitProductivityLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipArrangementsProvenParticipationTrade UnionsProfit Sharing Author:Jacob K. Javits
“The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.” WisdomPoliticsTermEconomyIllusionLaborMythProductivityRisingLiberalismInputMeasuringOutput Author:Louis O. Kelso
“... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the "emergency full employment" bills proposed.” GivingWisdomJobsPoliticsCompanyEconomyTaxesLaborIncreaseBillsProductivityEmploymentLiberalismOwnershipEmergenciesIncentives Author:Jack Kemp
“Bring on those tired, labor-plagued, competition-weary companies and ESOP will breathe new life into them. They will find ESOP better than Geritol. It will revitalize what is wrong with capitalism. It will increase productivity. It will improve labor relations. It will promote economic justice. It will save the economic system. It will make our form of government and our concept of freedom prevail over those who don't agree with us.” WisdomGovernmentFormPoliticsJusticeCompanyEconomyEconomicConceptsCapitalismLaborIncreaseRelationAgreeTiredCompetitionBreatheProductivityLiberalismWearyNew LifeForms Of GovernmentEconomic SystemsEconomic JusticeEsops Author:Russell B. Long
“Unless we increase our economy's productivity-its vitality and competitiveness-we will face pressure for increasing controls.” WisdomFacesPoliticsEconomyIncreasePressureProductivityLiberalismVitalityCompetitiveness Author:Charles H. Percy
“Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished standard of living, higher labor costs, less competitive prices, and more inflation.” WisdomTodayPoliticsNationsEconomyHigherCostStandardsConsequenceLaborProductivityLiberalismTrendsInflationDecreaseStandards Of Living Author:Robert S. Strauss
“Money has to undergo a metamorphosis again, it has to relinquish its role in the market economy and engage in an economy of capacities. Then we would be concerned with human creative productivity. And we would come full circle, since each human being can then act within his company as co-creator of the future, can - in full dignity - contribute to shaping this future.” HumansWould BeHuman BeingsCompanyRolesEconomyCreativeCapacityConcernedDignityCreatorProductivityCirclesMetamorphosisMarket EconomyFull Circle Author:Joseph Beuys
“World War II was really unusual, because America was in the Great Depression before. So the war did help the US economy to get securely out of this decline. This time, the war [in Iraq] is bad for the economy in both the short and long run. We could have spent trillions in research or education instead. This would have led to future productivity increases.” WorldLongWarHelpingRunningAmericaEconomyResearchIncreaseIraqProductivityWar Of The WorldsUnusualWorld War IiDeclineWorld War ILong RunsGreat Depression Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Ontario's auto sector is a cornerstone of our economy - a key source of our ability to export, innovate and create jobs. In this highly competitive global economy, we need to drive further investment and ensure the sector remains strong. I am confident that this new partnership, with Ray Tanguay's strategic advice and leadership, will allow Ontario to increase our competitiveness, productivity, and market share in the auto sector, and I look forward to their important work contributing to a more prosperous, innovative Ontario economy.” NeedsLooksImportantJobsStrongAbilityEconomyShareAdviceSourceKeysIncreaseRemainsInvestmentProductivityRaysPartnershipInnovativeProsperousStrategicContributingGlobal EconomyCornerstonesCompetitivenessImportant WorkOntario Author:Brad Duguid